Learn how to care for your child at home after a lumbar puncture.
Learn what a lumbar puncture is and why it is done. Also find information about what will happen to your child before, during and after the procedure.
A lumbar puncture is done to look at cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to examine if it contains cancer cells. Learn why you may need this test, how a lumbar puncture is done and what to expect after the test.
Learn why doctors perform a lumbar puncture on your child with leukemia.
In-depth description of a lumbar puncture procedure as part of the medical diagnosis of a brain tumor.
Learn how leukemia is diagnosed and which tests help doctors determine its subtypes.
Learn how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a thyroid biopsy/fine needle aspiration (FNA).
Learn how to care for your child at home after an arthrogram.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an esophageal dilatation.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
Learn how to care for your child at home after joint and/or tendon injections.
This page describes what is involved in the diagnosis of rhabdoid tumours.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an angiography through the radial artery (wrist).
Find out how to take care of your child following a pyeloplasty operation. Dressing changes, activity level, medications and diet are discussed.
Cancer treatment requires different types of medication, each of which may be given in a different way. Lean about the most common ways to receive chemotherapy and other medications and what to expect.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a PICC removal.
Find out what happens at clinic visits during follow-up treatment when your child is back at home after receiving treatment for a brain tumour.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an angiography through the femoral artery (groin).
In-depth information concerning steps after your child's brain surgery, including going home and medication.
Learn how to look after your child at home after varicocele embolization.
Diagnostic tests help the health-care team determine if you have cancer and what type of cancer you may have. Learn more about the different types of tests, consent and waiting for the test results.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lung biopsy.
Learn how to properly care for your child at home after sclerotherapy.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a port removal.
