Internal and external condoms
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37442
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Nova Scotia Choice Clinic.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1039
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Condoms are birth control devices that prevent semen (the fluid that contains sperm) from entering a vagina or anus. When semen is released inside a vagina, it may reach an egg and fertilize it, causing pregnancy. Condoms also help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, if used properly. There are 2 types of condoms: internal (worn on the inside of the vagina or anus) and external (worn on the outside of an erect penis). This pamphlet explains what internal…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Nova Scotia Choice Clinic
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Contraception - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Contraception
- Specialty
- Gynecology
- Abstract
- Condoms are birth control devices that prevent semen (the fluid that contains sperm) from entering a vagina or anus. When semen is released inside a vagina, it may reach an egg and fertilize it, causing pregnancy. Condoms also help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, if used properly. There are 2 types of condoms: internal (worn on the inside of the vagina or anus) and external (worn on the outside of an erect penis). This pamphlet explains what internal and external condoms are, how they work, how well they work to prevent pregnancy, what to do if a condom breaks during vaginal sex, and what to do if your partner does not want to use a condom. A link to the The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada website is provided for further information.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Nova Scotia Choice Clinic
- Pamphlet Number
- 1039
Heart healthy, sodium restricted guidelines : 1500 to 2000 mg sodium per day
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37493
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Nutrition and Food Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1166
- Available Online
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Heart healthy eating can help you feel good and give you energy. Eating more fibre and less fat can lower your risk of heart disease by helping control your weight, cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes. Eating less sodium (salt) can help manage heart failure and high blood pressure. This pamphlet explains how to eat heart healthy. Foods that are best choices and foods to avoid are listed. Information about fluid, portion size, omega-3 fatty acids, flaxseed, and eating out is included. A li…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Nutrition and Food Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (15 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Diseases - diet therapy
- Sodium restricted diet
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart--Diseases--Diet therapy
- Salt-free diet
- Specialty
- Food and Nutrition
- Abstract
- Heart healthy eating can help you feel good and give you energy. Eating more fibre and less fat can lower your risk of heart disease by helping control your weight, cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes. Eating less sodium (salt) can help manage heart failure and high blood pressure. This pamphlet explains how to eat heart healthy. Foods that are best choices and foods to avoid are listed. Information about fluid, portion size, omega-3 fatty acids, flaxseed, and eating out is included. A list of resources is provided. Recipes are included.
- Notes
- Previous title: Heart Healthy, Restricted Sodium Guidelines 1.5 to 2 grams sodium
- Responsibility
- Nutrition and Food Services
- Pamphlet Number
- 1166
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) : Inherited Heart Disease Clinic
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams34670
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Inherited Heart Disease Clinic.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0630
- Available Online
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In arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), some of your heart muscle is replaced by fat and scar tissue. ARVC usually affects the right side of the heart. The fat and scar tissue dilate (stretch) the right side of your heart. This weakens the heart muscle. This makes it harder for your heart to pump blood out to your body. If your ARVC is very bad, it may cause fluid to build up in your lungs (causing shortness of breath), ankles, or belly (causing swelling). ARVC can also chang…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Inherited Heart Disease Clinic
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([6] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Cardiomyopathy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart--Abnormalities--Patients
- Heart--Diseases
- Specialty
- Cardiovascular system
- Abstract
- In arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), some of your heart muscle is replaced by fat and scar tissue. ARVC usually affects the right side of the heart. The fat and scar tissue dilate (stretch) the right side of your heart. This weakens the heart muscle. This makes it harder for your heart to pump blood out to your body. If your ARVC is very bad, it may cause fluid to build up in your lungs (causing shortness of breath), ankles, or belly (causing swelling). ARVC can also change your heart's electrical activity. This can cause fast heart rhythms. The pamphlet gives the most common cause of ARVC, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Further resources are also given.
- Notes
- Previous title: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) : Inherited Heart Disease (IHD) Clinic
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Inherited Heart Disease Clinic, QEII
- Pamphlet Number
- 0630
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) pulmonary resection
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35621
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Thoracic Clinic.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1624
- Available Online
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This guide is for patients that are being admitted to the Victoria General Hospital for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) pulmonary resection for lung cancer treatment. Your surgeon will make several small surgical cuts over your chest wall. A videoscope (a tube with a tiny camera on the end) and other small tools will be passed through these cuts.Then, your surgeon may remove part or all of your lung, drain fluid or blood that has built up, or do other procedures. One or more tubes w…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Thoracic Clinic
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ( 22 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
- Lung - surgery
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs--Surgery
- Lungs--Cancer--Surgery
- Abstract
- This guide is for patients that are being admitted to the Victoria General Hospital for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) pulmonary resection for lung cancer treatment. Your surgeon will make several small surgical cuts over your chest wall. A videoscope (a tube with a tiny camera on the end) and other small tools will be passed through these cuts.Then, your surgeon may remove part or all of your lung, drain fluid or blood that has built up, or do other procedures. One or more tubes will be placed into your chest to drain fluids that build up. The health care team has put together this Clinical Pathway so you will know what will happen to you before surgery and on a day-to-day basis after surgery. A Clinical Pathway is a general guideline about your care.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Thoracic Clinic Health Care Staff, QEII
- Pamphlet Number
- 1624
La thérapie photodynamique
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35760
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Eye Care Centre.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1717
- Available Online
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La thérapie photodynamique (TPD) est un traitement qui peut être utile pour des affections de l’œil comme la dégénérescence maculaire humide liée à l'âge (DMLA humide) et la rétinopathie séreuse centrale (RSC). La DMLA humide affecte la vision centrale quand de nouveaux vaisseaux sanguins anormaux se développent sous la rétine. La RSC est une accumulation de liquide sous la rétine. Le présent dépliant traite de la façon dont fonctionne la TPD, de la préparation, du déroulement du traitement et …
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Eye Care Centre
- Alternate Title
- TPD
- Photodynamic therapy
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (8 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Photochemotherapy
- Macular Degeneration - therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Photochemotherapy
- Retinal degeneration
- Abstract
- La thérapie photodynamique (TPD) est un traitement qui peut être utile pour des affections de l’œil comme la dégénérescence maculaire humide liée à l'âge (DMLA humide) et la rétinopathie séreuse centrale (RSC). La DMLA humide affecte la vision centrale quand de nouveaux vaisseaux sanguins anormaux se développent sous la rétine. La RSC est une accumulation de liquide sous la rétine. Le présent dépliant traite de la façon dont fonctionne la TPD, de la préparation, du déroulement du traitement et des soins qui suivent.
- This is a French translation of the English pamphlet, 0090, "Photodynamic therapy". Photodynamic therapy is a treatment that may help eye conditions like: Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Central Serous Retinopathy (CSR). Wet AMD affects your central vision when new, abnormal blood vessels grow under your retina. CSR is a buildup of fluid under your retina. Topics include: how PDT works, getting ready, how treatment is done, and care afterwards.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Eye Care Centre
- Pamphlet Number
- 1717
Hystérectomie
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36484
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Gynaecology.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2018.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1921
- Available Online
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L’hystérectomie est une opération qui permet d’enlever l’utérus et le col de l’utérus. D’autres tissus comme les ovaires, les trompes de Fallope, des ganglions lymphatiques et des parties du vagin peuvent aussi être enlevés en même temps. Après l’opération, vous aurez une ou quelques incisions sur l’abdomen, une intraveineuse (IV) et un cathéter (tube) dans la vessie pour drainer l’urine, au besoin. Vous pourriez aussi avoir un tamponnement (matière absorbante) pour absorber le sang et le liqui…
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- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Gynaecology
- Alternate Title
- Hysterectomy
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2018
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hysterectomy
- Postoperative Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Hysterectomy
- Postoperative care
- Abstract
- L’hystérectomie est une opération qui permet d’enlever l’utérus et le col de l’utérus. D’autres tissus comme les ovaires, les trompes de Fallope, des ganglions lymphatiques et des parties du vagin peuvent aussi être enlevés en même temps. Après l’opération, vous aurez une ou quelques incisions sur l’abdomen, une intraveineuse (IV) et un cathéter (tube) dans la vessie pour drainer l’urine, au besoin. Vous pourriez aussi avoir un tamponnement (matière absorbante) pour absorber le sang et le liquide s’écoulant de votre vagin. La présente brochure traite de la respiration, de la gestion de la douleur, de l’activité, de l’alimentation, des selles, des saignements vaginaux, des soins des incisions, des caillots de sang et de l’enflure des jambes. On fournit aussi de l’information sur les soins à la maison et les rapports sexuels après la chirurgie. On précise les symptômes qui exigent des soins médicaux et on propose des ressources.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of "Hysterectomy" pamphlet 1907. A hysterectomy is an operation to remove your uterus (womb) and cervix. Other tissue, such as the ovaries, fallopian tubes, lymph nodes and parts of the vagina, may also be removed at the same time. After surgery you will have an incision in your abdomen, an intravenous (IV), a catheter (tube) in your bladder to drain urine, if needed. You may also have packing (absorbent material) to absorb blood and fluid in your vagina. Topics in this pamphlet include breathing, managing pain, activity, food, bowel activity, vaginal bleeding, incision care, blood clots, and leg swelling. Information on care at home and sex after surgery is provided. Symptoms that require medical attention are given and a resources section is provided.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Angela Whynot, Nurse Educator
- Pamphlet Number
- 1921
