Ureteral reimplantation surgery - children: when to get help

1. 1

   Is any of this happening now?

   Call 911

   Call emergency services for trouble breathing, collapse, severe uncontrolled bleeding, or another rapidly worsening emergency.

   Other emergency signs, for anyone

   • Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
   • Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
   • Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
   • Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
   • Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
   • Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
   • Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
   • Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these
2. 2

   Is any of this happening?

   Be seen today

   Contact the surgical team promptly for fever, worsening pain, repeated vomiting, increasing redness or drainage from an incision, foul-smelling urine, or pain when urinating.

   Also call if a catheter stops draining, falls out, or leaks heavily around its insertion site.

   Seek urgent medical advice if your child cannot urinate, cannot keep fluids down, has worsening abdominal swelling, passes large blood clots, or becomes unusually sleepy or difficult to wake.

   And for anyone, someone who:

   • has a wound that is hot, spreading red, or leaking pus
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these
3. 3

   Does any of this apply?

   Book an appointment

   Questions about activity, school, medicines, stent removal, or a scheduled test can usually wait for routine office hours.

   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these

Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Ureteral reimplantation surgery - children. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.