Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy
You have been advised to have a small bowel capsule endoscopy. This procedure requires your formal consent. This booklet has been written to enable you to make an informed...
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You have been advised to have a small bowel capsule endoscopy. This procedure requires your formal consent. This booklet has been written to enable you to make an informed...
Diagram of a Bronchoscopy Procedure Introduction You have been advised to have an investigation known as a Bronchoscopy (examination of the lung). This procedure requires your formal consent. This...
Introduction You have been advised by your consultant to have an investigation known as an ERCP. This procedure requires your formal consent. This booklet has been written to enable...
Introduction You have been advised by your GP or hospital doctor to have an investigation known as a Gastroscopy. This procedure requires your formal consent. This booklet has been...
Diagram of the endoscopy procedure Introduction You have been advised to have a procedure known as Banding of Oesophageal Varices or Injection Sclerotherapy. This procedure requires your formal consent....
Oesophagus = Gullet Introduction You may have been having problems with your swallowing and your hospital doctor has suggested that having a stent inserted will help improve these difficulties....
Patients should be accompanied home by a responsible adult who should stay with them overnight if they live alone. The medication used may stay in your system for 24...
It is important that you follow the instructions given in this leaflet. Most patients are discharged on the same day after an ERCP, a few may be required to...
You have received Entonox to help with pain relief during your Flexible Sigmoidoscopy / colonoscopy today. There are a few side-effects associated with Entonox including: • Dizziness • Light-headedness...
You may eat and drink as normal once you have been discharged. If following your discharge, you experience any severe pain in your neck, chest or abdomen, contact the...