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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.

More information to support your procedure or treatment at GOSH

Your child is having an echocardiogram

Echocardiograms (Echo) are one of the most frequently used scans for diagnosing heart problems. An Echo is an ultrasound scan of the heart. This information sheet from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about echocardiograms (Echo), what is invo

Your child is having an echocardiogram under sedation

Echocardiograms (Echo) are one of the most frequently used scans for diagnosing heart problems. An Echo is an ultrasound scan of the heart. As your child will need to lie very still for the scan, we may suggest that they have sedation to help. This inform

Your child is having an electrocardiogram

Electrocardiograms (ECG) are one of frequently used scans for diagnosing heart problems. An ECG measures electrical activity within the heart through sticky sensor pads put on your child’s chest. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains

Your child is having an hCG test

Hormones are chemical messengers that switch on and off processes within the body. Human Chorionic Gonadatrophin (hCG) is a hormone that mimics the action of luteinising hormone which is normally produced by the pituitary gland. This page from Great Ormon

Your child is having an MRI or CT scan under sedation

This page explains about having an MRI scan under oral sedation, and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.