pdf | Returning to Community with a Central Line 9 MB Download … Returning to Community With a central line Vascular Access Team Last revised 16-AUG-2023 what do you know about central lines? A central line is a medical device that provides patients with …

pdf | Elastomeric Pumps 419 KB Download … ELASTOMERIC PUMPS An elastomeric (or “balloon”) pump is a medical device that is filled with a prescribed medication. It uses pressure to deliver the medication intravenously. It does not use electricity or gravity flow …

pdf | Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A parent's guide 411 KB Download … Juvenile Dermatomyositis A Parent’s Guide PE #1484 © 2008 BC Children’s Hospital Pediatric Rheumatology 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver BC, V6H 3V4 604-875-2345 1-888-300-3088 website: …

pdf | Uveitis: Information for patients and families 106 KB Download … WHAT IS UVEITIS? Uveitis refers to a number of rare conditions in which there is inflammation inside the eye. Uveitis can affect any part of the eye, along the uveal tract which supplies …

pdf | Mixed Connective Tissue Disease 75 KB Download … Mixed Connective Tissue Disease What is Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)? MCTD is a term used to describe a disorder in which some of the symptoms found in systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, …

pdf | Kawasaki Disease Information Sheet 103 KB Download … 1 KAWASAKI DISEASE (From PRINTO website) This disease was described in 1967 by a Japanese paediatrician called Tomisaku Kawasaki. He recognized a group of children with fever, skin rash, conjunctivitis, …

pdf | Scleroderma Information Sheet 92 KB Download … www.pediatric-rheumathology.printo.it 12/2003 1 SCLERODERMA What is it? Scleroderma is a Greek word that can be translated as “hard skin”. In this disease, the skin becomes shiny and hard. There is a wide …

pdf | My Lupus: What I need to know 904 KB Download … My Lupus What I Need to Know BCCH1483 © 2008 BC Children’s Hospital Pediatric Rheumatology 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver BC, V6H 3V4 604-875-2345 1-888-300-3088 website: www.bcchildrens.ca All rights reserved. …

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pdf | Granulomatosis with Polyangitis or GPA (Wegener's Granulomatosis) 115 KB Download … Granulomatosis with Polyangitis or GPA (Wegener’s granulomatosis) What is GPA? GPA is rare chronic disease involving inflammation of the blood vessels (vasculitis). It is …