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Procedures and treatments

Preparing a child for a procedure or treatment can be an anxious occasion. Great Ormond Street Hospital have produced a number of factsheets to help explain what will happen and what to expect.

Hydrogen breath test

This information from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is about having a hydrogen breath test.

A hypoxic challenge test is used to assess if your child will require supplemental (extra) oxygen while on an aircraft. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) describes what a hypoxic challenge test involves, what will happen when your child h

Idiopathic scoliosis and spinal surgery

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains the causes and symptoms of idiopathic scoliosis (curvature of the spine from an unknown cause). Surgery to correct the curvature is the main form of treatment offered at GOSH, so this pack gives

If you see it, say it – raising concerns about your child

While everyone at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is an expert in their field, you are the expert in your child. You will know better than us if they are not behaving as they usually do or seem different in some way. Studies have shown that caregivers

Ileostomy

An ileostomy is a surgically formed opening in the ileum, which is the last part of the small bowel before it connects onto the large bowel (colon). The ileum is brought to the surface of the abdomen as an opening called a stoma. Watery diarrhoea passes t

Procedures and treatments

Hydrogen breath test

Hypoxic challenge test

Idiopathic scoliosis and spinal surgery

If you see it, say it – raising concerns about your child

Ileostomy