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1WALKER BOOT
2WALKER USE
3Walkers: Bathing
4Walkers: Cars
5Walkers: Chairs
6Walkers: Going Through Doors
7Walkers: Stairs and Steps
8Walkers: Up and Down Curbs
9Walking for Fitness
10Wall Squats
11Wall Squats for ACL Healing
12Warfarin
13WARFARIN
14Warning Signs of Suicide and What You Can Do
15WARTS, Genital
16WARTS, Non-Genital
17WEAKNESS, Unk Cause
18Wearing Proper Shoes
19Weight Management: Exercise and Activity
20Weight Management: Fact and Fiction
21Weight Management: Getting Started
22Weight Management: Healthy Eating
23Weight Management: Overcoming Your Barriers
24Weight Management: Take it Off and Keep it Off
25WELL BABY EXAM (1 mo. to 2 yr.)
26WELL BABY EXAM (under 1 mo)
27WELL CHILD EXAM (2-5 yr)
28Well-Baby Checkup: 2 Months
29Well-Baby Checkup: 4 Months
30Well-Baby Checkup: 6 Months
31Well-Baby Checkup: 9 Months
32Well-Baby Checkup: Newborn
33Well-Baby Checkup: Up to 1 Month
34Well-Child Checkup: 11-13 Years
35Well-Child Checkup: 12 Months
36Well-Child Checkup: 14-18 Years
37Well-Child Checkup: 15 Months
38Well-Child Checkup: 18 Months
39Well-Child Checkup: 2 Years
40Well-Child Checkup: 3 Years
41Well-Child Checkup: 4 Years
42Well-Child Checkup: 5 Years
43Well-Child Checkup: 6-10 Years
44West Nile Virus
45WEST NILE VIRUS
46West Nile Virus Antibody (Blood)
47WEST NILE VIRUS, Fact Sheet
48Western Equine Encephalitis
49What Are Ankle Sprains?
50What Are Benign Breast Conditions?
51What Are Bunions?
52What Are Cataracts?
53What Are Corns and Calluses?
54What Are Dry Eyes?
55What Are Epididymitis and Orchitis?
56What Are Fibrocystic Breasts?
57What Are Fibroids?
58What Are Flashes and Floaters?
59What Are Gallstones?
60What Are Mallet, Hammer, and Claw Toes?
61What Are Migraine and Tension Headaches?
62What Are Neuromas of the Foot?
63What Are Oral Lesions? (Precancerous and Cancerous)
64What Are Ovarian Cysts?
65What Are Pressure Ulcers of the Foot?
66What Are Pressure Ulcers?
67What Are Retinal Tears and Detachments?
68What Are Sensitive Teeth?
69What Are Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)?
70What Are Snoring and Sleep Apnea?
71What Are Warts?
72What Can Cause Depression?
73What Is a Brain Aneurysm?
74What Is a Colostomy?
75What Is a Discogram?
76What Is a Hernia?
77What Is a Hiatal Hernia?
78What Is a Partial Seizure?
79What Is a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program?
80What Is a Sleep Study?
81What Is a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Stroke)?
82What Is a TIA?
83What Is a Urodynamics Study?
84What Is a Urostomy?
85What Is Acid Reflux?
86What Is ADHD?
87What Is Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
88What Is an Audiogram?
89What Is an Ileostomy?
90What Is an Undescended Testicle?
91What Is Angina?
92What Is Aphasia?
93What Is Appendicitis?
94What Is Arthritis in the Foot?
95What Is Arthritis?
96What Is Atopic Dermatitis?
97What Is Atrial Flutter/Atrial Fibrillation?
98What Is a Tracheostomy?
99What Is Barrett Esophagus?
100What Is Basal Joint Arthritis?
101What Is Blepharitis?
102What Is Breast Cancer?
103What Is Bronchitis?
104What Is Bursitis?
105What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)?
106What Is Cervical Cancer?
107What Is Charcot Foot?
108What Is Chronic Bronchitis?
109What Is Colon and Rectal Cancer (Colorectal Cancer)?
110What Is Conjunctivitis?
111What Is COPD?
112What Is Crohn's Disease?
113What Is Cubital Tunnel Syndrome?
114What Is De Quervain Tenosynovitis?
115What Is Diabetic Retinopathy?
116What Is Dilated Cardiomyopathy?
117What Is Domestic Abuse?
118What Is Duplex Ultrasound?
119What Is Dupuytren's Contracture?
120What Is Dysarthria?
121What Is Emphysema?
122What Is Endometrial Cancer?
123What Is Endometriosis?
124What Is Epidural Anesthesia?
125What Is Event Monitoring?
126What Is Genital HPV?
127What Is GERD?
128What Is Gestational Diabetes?
129What Is Glaucoma?
130What Is Gout?
131What Is Group B Strep?
132What Is Heart Failure?
133What Is Hematuria?
134What Is Hemorrhagic Stroke?
135What Is High Blood Pressure? (JNC-7)
136What Is Holter Monitoring?
137What Is Hospice?
138What Is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
139What Is IBS?
140What Is Impingement Syndrome?
141What Is Insomnia?
142What Is Intensive Care?
143What Is Interstitial Cystitis?
144What Is Ischemic Stroke?
145What Is Kidney (Renal) Cancer?
146What Is Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization?
147What Is Leukemia?
148What Is Low Vision?
149What Is Lumbar Epidural Injection?
150What Is Lumbar Microsurgery?
151What Is Lung Cancer?
152What Is Meniere's Disease?
153What Is Metatarsalgia?
154What Is Narcolepsy?
155What Is Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma?
156What Is Osteoarthritis?
157What Is Osteoporosis?
158What Is Ovarian Cancer?
159What is Palliative Care?
160What Is Pancreatic Cancer?
161What Is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?
162What Is Pelvic Organ Prolapse?
163What Is Peripheral Neuropathy?
164What Is Peyronie’s Disease?
165What Is Plantar Fasciitis?
166What Is Pneumonia?
167What Is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?
168What Is Prenatal Care?
169What Is Presbyopia?
170What Is Prostate Cancer?
171What Is Psoriasis?
172What Is Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy?
173What Is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
174What Is Rosacea?
175What Is Scaling and Root Planing?
176What Is Sentinel Node Breast Biopsy?
177What Is Stomach (Gastric) Cancer?
178What Is Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI)?
179What Is Syncope?
180What Is Teen Acne?
181What Is Tendinitis of the Foot?
182What Is Tennis Elbow?
183What Is Thyroid Cancer?
184What Is Trigger Finger?
185What is Type 1 Diabetes?
186What Is Type 2 Diabetes?
187What Is Ulcerative Colitis?
188What Is Uveitis?
189What Is Varicocele?
190What Is YAG Capsulotomy?
191What the Brain Does
192What To Do When Your Child Is Vomiting
193What to Expect in the Emergency Room (ER)
194What to Expect: The Months After Amputation Surgery
195What to Know About Hepatitis C Treatment
196What You Can Do When a Loved One Is Depressed
197What You Need to Know About Informed Consent
198What's in an Exercise Program?
199When a Loved One Has a Mental Illness
200When a Patient Falls
201When to Use the Emergency Department (ED)
202When You Have a Sore Throat
203When You Have an Abnormal Pap Test
204When You Have Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding
205When You Have Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD)
206When You Need a Blood Transfusion
207When You Need Fetal Echocardiography
208When You Suspect Your Child Is Using Alcohol or Drugs
209When Your Child Has a Brain Abscess
210When Your Child Has a Brain Tumor
211When Your Child Has a Cardiac Arrhythmia
212When Your Child Has a Clavicular Fracture at Birth
213When Your Child Has a Cleft Lip
214When Your Child Has a Cleft Palate
215When Your Child Has a Cold or Flu
216When Your Child Has a Congenital Digital Deformity
217When Your Child Has a Disorder of Sexual Development (DSD)
218When Your Child Has a Femur Fracture
219When Your Child Has a Food Allergy: An Overview
220When Your Child Has a Food Allergy: Egg
221When Your Child Has a Food Allergy: Milk
222When Your Child Has a Food Allergy: Peanut
223When Your Child Has a Food Allergy: Shellfish
224When Your Child Has a Food Allergy: Soy
225When Your Child Has a Food Allergy: Tree Nut
226When Your Child Has a Food Allergy: Wheat
227When Your Child Has a Forearm Fracture
228When Your Child Has a Fracture: Treatment with External Fixation
229When Your Child Has a Gastric or Duodenal Ulcer
230When Your Child Has a Heart Murmur
231When Your Child Has a Hypoplastic Right Ventricle: Tricuspid Atresia
232When Your Child Has a Latex Allergy
233When Your Child Has a Meckel’s Diverticulum
234When Your Child Has a Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
235When Your Child Has a Stinger
236When Your Child Has a Strain, Sprain, or Contusion
237When Your Child Has a Stye
238When Your Child Has a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
239When Your Child Has a Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
240When Your Child Has a Volvulus
241When Your Child Has Acute Bronchitis
242When Your Child Has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
243When Your Child Has Alpha Thalassemia
244When Your Child Has an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
245When Your Child Has an Atrioventricular (AV) Canal Defect
246When Your Child Has an Elbow Fracture
247When Your Child Has an Elimination Dysfunction
248When Your Child Has an Object in the Airway
249When Your Child Has an Object in the Ear or Nose
250When Your Child Has Anaphylaxis
251When Your Child Has Anemia
252When Your Child Has Aortic Stenosis (AS)
253When Your Child Has Aplastic Anemia
254When Your Child Has Appendicitis
255When Your Child Has Beta Thalassemia
256When Your Child Has Biliary Atresia
257When Your Child Has Brachial Plexus Palsy
258When Your Child Has Breath Holding Spells
259When Your Child Has Calcaneovalgus
260When Your Child Has Celiac Disease
261When Your Child Has Cerebral Palsy (CP)
262When Your Child Has Chickenpox
263When Your Child Has Clubfoot
264When Your Child Has Coarctation of the Aorta (COA)
265When Your Child Has Cold Sores
266When Your Child Has Congenital Muscular Torticollis
267When Your Child Has Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
268When Your Child Has Constipation
269When Your Child Has Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)
270When Your Child Has Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
271When Your Child Has Cystic Fibrosis: Maintaining Good Nutrition
272When Your Child Has Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
273When Your Child Has Diarrhea
274When Your Child Has Dizziness or Fainting
275When Your Child Has Dysphagia
276When Your Child Has Encephalitis
277When Your Child Has Encopresis
278When Your Child Has Epiglottitis
279When Your Child Has Ewing Sarcoma
280When Your Child Has Fifth Disease
281When Your Child Has Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding
282When Your Child has Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency
283When Your Child Has Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
284When Your Child Has Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
285When Your Child Has Heat Rash (Prickly Heat)
286When Your Child Has Hematuria: Urologic Causes
287When Your Child Has Hemolytic Anemia
288When Your Child Has Hemophilia
289When Your Child Has Hepatitis A (HAV) Infection
290When Your Child Has Hepatitis B (HBV) Infection
291When Your Child Has Hepatitis C (HCV) Infection
292When Your Child Has Hirschsprung’s Disease
293When Your Child Has Hives (Urticaria) or Angioedema
294When Your Child Has Hodgkins Lymphoma
295When Your Child Has Hydronephrosis
296When Your Child Has Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
297When Your Child Has Hypospadias
298When Your Child Has Idiopathic Thrombocytic Purpura (ITP)
299When Your Child Has Impetigo
300When Your Child Has Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
301When Your Child Has Infective (Bacterial) Endocarditis (IE)
302When Your Child Has Intestinal Malrotation
303When Your Child Has Intracranial Hemorrhage
304When Your Child Has Intussusception
305When Your Child Has Iron-Deficiency Anemia
306When Your Child Has Irritable Bowel Syndrome
307When Your Child Has Jumper’s Knee
308When Your Child Has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
309When Your Child Has Kawasaki Disease
310When Your Child Has Lactose Intolerance
311When Your Child Has Laryngomalacia
312When Your Child Has Leg-Length Discrepancy (LLD)
313When Your Child Has Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
314When Your Child Has Leukemia
315When Your Child Has Little Leaguer’s Elbow or Little Leaguer’s Shoulder
316When Your Child Has Mastoiditis
317When Your Child Has Megaloblastic Anemia
318When Your Child Has Metatarsus Adductus (MTA)
319When Your Child Has Migraine Headaches
320When Your Child Has Mouth Sores
321When Your Child Has Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
322When Your Child Has Nasal Allergies (Allergic Rhinitis)
323When Your Child Has Neuroblastoma
324When Your Child Has Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)
325When Your Child Has Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2)
326When Your Child Has Neurogenic Bladder
327When Your Child Has Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
328When Your Child Has Nosebleeds
329When Your Child Has Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
330When Your Child has Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)
331When Your Child Has Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
332When Your Child Has Osteomyelitis
333When Your Child Has Pharyngitis or Tonsillitis
334When Your Child Has Phimosis
335When Your Child Has Pinworms
336When Your Child Has Pityriasis Rosea
337When Your Child Has Pleural Effusion
338When Your Child Has Pulmonary Stenosis (PS)
339When Your Child Has Rhabdomyosarcoma
340When Your Child Has Ringworm
341When Your Child Has Roseola
342When Your Child Has Scarlet Fever
343When Your Child Has Sever’s Disease
344When Your Child Has Sickle Cell Anemia
345When Your Child Has Sinusitis
346When Your Child Has Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
347When Your Child has Spondylolysis or Spondylolisthesis
348When Your Child Has Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS)
349When Your Child Has Swollen Lymph Nodes
350When Your Child Has Tension Headaches
351When Your Child Has Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
352When Your Child Has Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)
353When Your Child Has Tuberculosis
354When Your Child Has Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
355When Your Child Has Type 2 Diabetes
356When Your Child Has Vertigo
357When Your Child Has Vesicoureteral Reflux
358When Your Child Has Warts
359When Your Child Has Wilms Tumor
360When Your Child Has “Growing Pains”
361When Your Child Has “Swimmer’s Ear”
362When Your Child Is Eating Less
363When Your Child Is in the Intensive Care Unit
364When Your Child Needs a Barium Enema
365When Your Child Needs a Blood Test: Coping Tips
366When Your Child Needs a Blood Transfusion
367When Your Child Needs a Chest Tube
368When Your Child Needs a Colonoscopy or Sigmoidoscopy
369When Your Child Needs a Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
370When Your Child Needs a Foley Catheter—Boy
371When Your Child Needs a Foley Catheter—Girl
372When Your Child Needs a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scan
373When Your Child Needs a Modified Barium Swallow
374When Your Child Needs a Nasogastric (NG) Tube
375When Your Child Needs a Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
376When Your Child Needs a Spica Cast
377When Your Child Needs a Spinal Tap
378When Your Child Needs a Stoma
379When Your Child Needs a Tracheostomy
380When Your Child Needs a Tracheostomy: Suctioning
381When Your Child Needs a Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG)
382When Your Child Needs an Abdominal Ultrasound
383When Your Child Needs an Electroencephalogram (EEG)
384When Your Child Needs an Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Procedure
385When Your Child Needs an Upper Endoscopy
386When Your Child Needs an Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Series
387When Your Child Needs an X-ray
388When Your Child Needs Bladder Reconstruction Surgery
389When Your Child Needs Catheter Ablation
390When Your Child Needs Chest Physical Therapy (CPT)
391When Your Child Needs Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC)
392When Your Child Needs Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
393When Your Child Needs Emergency Surgery
394When Your Child Needs Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery
395When Your Child Needs Orthopaedic Surgery
396When Your Child Needs Pulmonary Function Tests
397When Your Child Needs Surgery for Hypospadias
398When Your Child Needs Surgery: Anesthesia
399When Your Child Needs Surgery: The Day of Surgery
400When Your Child Needs Surgery: The Operating Room and Staff
401When Your Child Needs Surgery: Words to Use with Your Child
402When Your Child Needs TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition)
403When Your Child Needs Tube Feeding (Enteral Nutrition)
404When Your Child Reaches Puberty: Answers to Common Questions
405When Your Child Shows Signs of an Eating Disorder
406When Your Child Stays in the Hospital
407When Your Teen Has an Anxiety Disorder
408When Your Teen Has Been Diagnosed with Depression
409When Your Teen Is Diagnosed with a Chronic Illness: Coping Tips
410When Your Teenager Has Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
411Whiplash
412White Blood Cell (Stool)
413White Cell Count
414Why Diets Don't Work
415Why Do You Smoke?
416Why Have a Pap Test?
417Why Laparoscopy Is Done
418Why You Need Respiratory Protection
419Wisdom Teeth: Removal
420Wisdom Teeth: Your Recovery
421Wisdom Teeth: Your Treatment Plan
422Witch Hazel
423Women and Heart Disease: Tips for Making Small Changes
424Women and Heart Disease: Understanding the Risks
425Women and Heart Disease: What Women Need to Know
426WORK RELEASE FORM
427WOUND CARE
428Wound Care
429Wound Check, Burn (Child)
430Wound Check, Burn (Infant/Toddler)
431Wound Check, Burn (Neonate)
432WOUND CHECK, Burn F/U (No Infection)
433WOUND CHECK, Lac F/U (Infected)
434WOUND CHECK, Lac F/U (No Infection)
435Wound Culture
436Wrist Arthroscopy: Conditions Treated
437WRIST DROP
438WRIST SPLINT, Velcro
439WRIST SPRAIN