Resources

Information on before, during and after an ultrasound guided biopsy.

Information about what happens before, during and after an ultrasound scan.

Parenteral nutrition is known as PN or total parenteral nutrition (TPN). It is an alternative way of providing a patient with nutrition when the gut does not work or is inaccessible

Sometimes a medicine is prescribed in a way that is not covered by its UK product licence. This information explains what ‘unlicensed’ and ‘off label’ mean and why some medicines are used in this way.

Ureteric stents are inserted for many reasons but the commonest are blockage of the ureter (the tube draining urine from the kidney to the bladder) or as a prelude to lithotripsy (shockwave treatment) for a kidney stone.

Urethrolysis is an operation carried out to correct obstruction to passing urine after surgery for stress incontinence of urine (leakage of urine on coughing and sneezing).

Information about urinary tract infections in children

Urodynamic tests assess the dynamic function of the lower urinary tract.

Information about the different types of medication used for pain relief for patients seen in the Emergency Department.

The use of a nebuliser to clear the airway to make the delivery of radiotherapy treatment more comfortable.