P | Q | R | S | T

P

• Pacemaker - You and Your Pacemaker
• Pain Control after Surgery - Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) by Intravenous Administration 
• Pain Control and Surgery - Your Anesthesiologist, Anesthesia and Pain Control
• Pain Management at the Surgery Centre (King Campus)
• Pancreatitis - Acute and Chronic
• Pandemic Influenza
• Parathyroidectomy Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism (Dr. Archibald's patients)
• Parathryoidectomy Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism (Dr. Young's patients)
• Parathyroidectomy Surgery for Secondary or Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism (Dr. Young's patients)
• Parent Guide and Safety Tips - From Hospital to Home (when you have a new baby)
• Parent Handbook and Hospital Guide (New)
• Paroxetine - Medication Information
• Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) by Intravenous Administration
• Peanut Allergy
  
• Pelvic Muscle Exercises for Men
• Pelvic Muscle Exercises for Women
• Penetrating Keratoplasty (Eye Surgery)
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) - Cholesterol
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) - Diabetes
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) - Healthy Eating
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) - High Blood Pressure
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) - Smoking
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) - What it is
• Peripheral Nerve Block - Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block Using a Patient Controlled Analgesia Pump (PCA)
• Peripheral Thrombolysis
• Pericarditis
• Peripheral Thrombolysis
• Peritoneal Dialysis Program
• Peritoneal Dialysis - Fluid Balance - When you are too wet or too dry
• Peritoneal Dialysis - Insertion of a Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Catheter
• Peritoneal Dialysis - Nutrineal (A Nutritious Dialysis Solution)
• Pertussis - Whooping cough
• PET - CT Scan
• Phenobarbital - Medication Information
• Phenothiazines - Medication Information
• Phenytoin - Medication Information
• Physiotherapy after Lung Surgery
• Physiotherapy Clinics covered by OHIP - Regional Joint Assessment Program
  
• Phosphorus - When Phosphorus and Calcium are Out of Balance
• Phosphorus - Kidney Disease and Phosphorus
• Phototherapy (Treatment of jaundice in newborns)
• PICC - Capping off your valved PICC at home after therapy (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) 
• PICC - Changing the PICC dressing with a Stat lock
• PICC - Going home when you first get your valved PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter)
• PICC - Hooking up your valved PICC at home for therapy (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter)
• PICC - Living with your valved PICC - Problems and what to do (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) 
• PICC - Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (What it is)
• PICC - Removal - After your PICC removal
• Pioglitazone (Actos) - Medication Information
• Planning for Going Home After a Hospital Stay
• Plasma Exchange or Apheresis
• Plastic Surgery at the Surgery Centre (King Campus)
• Pleurovac - Home with
• Pleurodesis - Chest Tube
• Pneumonia
• Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pnemonia (PJP)
• Pneumostat Chest Drain Valve - Going Home with (Diagnostic Imaging Department)
• Port - Going Home with a Port (Adult)
• Post Transplant Diabetes - A Guide to Living with
• Potassium Chloride - Medication Information
• Potential Acuity Meter (PAM) Eye Test
• Precious Moments - Death and Dying - Giving comfort and support
• Prednisone - Medication Information
• Pregabalin - Medication Information
• Pregnancy and Asthma
• Pregnancy - Group B Streptococcus (GBS)
• Pregnancy - Healthy Weight Gain in Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Loss - What to expect after a pregnancy loss or losing a baby
• Preparing for Birth - Tell us what you prefer
• Pressure Ulcers - Preventing Pressure Ulcers or Bed Sores
• Preventing Infection
• Procainamide - Medication Information
• Progestins - Medication Information
• Propafenone - Medication Information
• Prostate - TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
• Prostatectomy (Radical) Surgery (Laparoscopic)
• Prostatectomy Surgery  (Open Radical)
• Proton Pump Inhibitors - Medication Information 
• Pseudomonas - Multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas
• Pseudomonas in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
• Pterygium Surgery (Eye Surgery)
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Pyelogram - Cystoscopy, Pyelogram, Lithotripsy and Urinary Stent
• Pyrazinamide - Medication Information
• Pyridoxine - Medication Information

Q

• Quetiapine - Medication Information
• Quinidine Sulphate - Medication Information
• Quit Smoking - Smoking Cessation - Leave the Pack Behind - Help for Quitting Smoking Workbook
• Quit Smoking Medications - To help you quit (English) 
  

R

• Rabies
• Radical Prostatectomy Surgery (Laparoscopic) 
• Radical Prostatectomy Surgery (Open)
  
• Reactive Hypoglycemia
• Reactive Hypoglycemia After Bariatric Surgery
• Regional Joint Assessment Program:
  • Aquatic Exercise Programs - Community Pools
  • Exercising with arthritis
  • Falling Risk - Are you at risk for falling checklist
  • Hip exercises
  • Hip - Your New Hip
  • Home Health Equipment Supplies in Hamilton and Area
  • How to get in a car with your sore hip
  • Knee exercises
  • Knee - Your New Knee
  • New Patient Letter
  • Patient Guide
  • Physiotherapy Clinics covered by OHIP
  • Save your energy - hip and knee problems
  • Standing leg exercises
  • Welcome Information
• Rehabilitation Unit - Welcome Information Book
• Relaxation (Respiratory Rehabilitation Program)
• Renal Biopsy
• Renal Diet - Adding Calories to Your Renal Diet
• Renal Transplant Clinic - Welcome Information Pamphlet
• Renal Transplant Diabetes Program - Welcome Information Book
• Renal Transplant Unit - Welcome Information Book
• Repaglinide - Medication Information
• Replavite - Medication Information for Renal Patients
• Resperidone - Medication Information
• Respimat Inhaler
• Respiratory Rehabilitation Program:
  • Advanced Care Planning - I Decide My Future
  • Anxiety, Panic and COPD
  • Back Pain, Posture and Body Mechanics
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
  • Diagnostic Tests
  • Healthy Eating
  • How to Save Your Energy
  • How to Save Your Energy - Tips for Getting Washed and Dressed
  • Items to bring to the hospital when you are staying (list)
  • Lung Irritants
  • Lung Irritants - Ways to Reduce Exposure
  • Map to Program
  • Nutrition and Lung Disease
  • Oxygen Prescription (Your)
  • Oxygen Therapy
  • Relaxation
  • Respiratory System (The)
  • Sleep
  • Strategies for Doing Laundry
  • Strategies for Working in the Kitchen
    
  • Ways to Control Your Breathing
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) - Protecting babies and children 
• Respiratory System (The)
• Retina and Vitreous Eye Surgery - Vitrectomy 
• Retinal Surgery
• Rhinitis
• Rhinitis - Aspirin, Pain Relievers, Cold and Fever Remedies and Arthritis Medications when you have asthma, rhinitis or nasal polyps
• Rifampin - Medication Information
• Rigid Sigmoidoscopy
• Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) - Medication Information
• Rosiglitazone (Avandia) - Medication Information
• Rotator Cuff Shoulder Surgery
• Rotavirus
• RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
• Rubella
• Ruptured Membranes - Home with Ruptured Membranes

S

• Salt - Foods High in
• Salt - Tips for Eating Less Salt
• Satellite Hemodialysis Program
• Sarcoidosis
• Save Your Energy - How to Save Your Energy
• Save Your Energy - After Heart Surgery
• Scabies
• Sedation - After Moderate Sedation
• Self-Catheterization - Intermittent Self-Catheterization: A Guide for Men and Women
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy In the Breast
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma
• Serratia in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Sertraline - Medication Information
• Sevelamer - Medication Information
  
• Shingles
• Shoulder Support - Wearing a Shoulder Support - Also called a Shoulder Immobilizer
• Shoulder Surgery - Shoulder Replacement Surgery
• Shoulder Surgery - Rotator Cuff
• Sibutramine - Medication Information
• Sinus Surgery - Nasal and Sinus Surgery
• Sitagliptin (Januvia) - Medication Information
• Sigmoidoscopy - Rigid
• Sleep (Respiratory Rehabilitation Program)
• Smoking Cessation - Leave the Pack Behind - Help for Quitting Smoking Workbook
• Smoking Cessation - WHY Test - Assess why you smoke
• Smoking Cessation - Medications to help you quit smoking (English)
• Smoking Cessation - Medications to help you quit smoking (French) - Médicaments pour arrêter de fumer (French)
• Social Work - You and Your Social Worker in the Firestone Clinic (FIRH)
• Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate - Medication Information for Renal Patients
• Sore Throat Care
• Special Care Nursery - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) - Welcome Information
• Speech-Language Pathology / Speech-Language Pathologist:
  • A Speech-Language Pathologist - After Laryngectomy Surgery
  • Care of Your Tracheostoma Speaking Valve
  • Communication Methods for Laryngectomy Patients
  • Hemilaryngectomy surgery
  • How to tell if my voice prosthesis is leaking? / Cleaning and things to check when you have a voice prosthesis 
  • Speaking after Laryngectomy Surgery
  • Speaking and swallowing after glossectomy surgery
  • Supraglottic laryngectomy surgery
  • Tips for speaking with a Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TEF)
  • Tips for Using an Electrolarynx
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistulization Surgery (TEF)
  • When your voice prosthesis or red rubber catheter comes out of your TEF
• Spinal or Epidural for Pain Relief during Labour
• Spironolactone - Medication Information
• Splenectomy
• Statins - HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - Medication Information
• Steroid - Inhaled - Medication Information
• Steroid - Tablets - Cortisone - Medication Information
• Stimulant Laxatives - Medication Information
• Stoma Care - Larnyngectomy Surgery
• Stool Softeners - Medication Information
• Stool Softener - Osmotic - Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) (Medication Information
• Strategies for Doing Laundry - Respiratory Rehabilitation Program
• Strategies for Working in the Kitchen - Respiratory Rehabilitation Program
• Stress - Dealing with
• Stress Incontinence - Tension-Free Vaginal Tape-Obturator Route Surgery
• Streptococcus - Group A
• Stroke Care - Transferring your stroke care to the Hamilton General Hospital
• Supraglottic Laryngectomy Surgery
• Surgery - After General Anesthetic
• Surgery - Autologous Blood - Using your own blood for surgery
• Surgery Centre at the King Street Campus - Welcome Information
  
• Surgery - Getting Ready for Surgery at SJHH
• Surgery - Adult Checklist for Surgery
• Surgery - How to help yourself get ready for surgery (Community Resources and Learn to Relax)
• Surgical Step Down Unit - Welcome Information Book

T

• Tamsulosin - Medication Information
• Telemetry
• Tension-Free Vaginal Tape-Obturator Route Surgery for Stress Incontinence
• Theophylline - Medication Information
• Thoracic or Chest Surgery (Before and After in Hospital)
• Thoracic Surgery - VATS - Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
• Thoracoscopy - VATS - Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
• Thrombectomy
• Thromboembolism Team - Blood Thinning Medications
• Thyroidectomy Surgery
• Ticlopidine Hydrochloride - Medication Information
• Tobacco Cessation - Medications to help you quit smoking (English)
  
• Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (T & A) - Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids Surgery
• Total Hip Replacement - Your New Hip (book)
• Total Joint Replacement Educational Videos
• Total Knee Replacement Surgery - Your New Knee (book)
• Trabeculectomy / Tube Shunt Surgery (Eye Surgery)
• Tracheostomy for Head and Neck Surgery
• Tracheostomy in the Intensive Care Unit
• Tracheoesophageal Fistulization Surgery - TEF
• Transesophageal Echocardiogram - TEE
• TransUrethral Resection of Bladder Tumour for Men (TURBT)
• TransUrethral Resection of Bladder Tumour for Women (TURBT)
• TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
• Trazodone - Medication Information
• Tricyclic Antidepressants - Medication Information
• Tube Care - Laryngectomy Surgery
  
• Tube Feeding - Deciding About Tube Feeding: A guide for you, as a patient, or your Substitute Decision-Maker(s)
• Tube Feeding - When you have a Feeding Tube: A guide for you, family and friends
• Tuberculosis
• Tummy Time for your baby
• Tunneled Catheter - Changing your Tunneled Catheter Dressing
• Tunneled Catheter - Going Home with your Tunneled Catheter
• Tunneled Catheter - Hooking up your Tunneled Catheter at home for therapy
• Turbuhaler - Inhaler - How to Use (Steps with Pictures)
• TURP - TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate