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Home Systemic Steroid Plan
If dexamethasone was administered, this may be adequate systemic steroid for the patient's asthma exacerbation. A second dose for home can be considered, but not strongly supported by evidence. If...
Evidence Based Strategies: Winter Sports and Concussions in Pediatric Patients
Column Author: Catharine N Kral, DO| Resident PGY 3; Chief Resident Column Author: Angela D. Etzenhouser, MD, FAAP | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of...
Kangaroo Care
Brianna Schmitz experienced a mix of fear and relief when she first held her premature son, Bodhi, in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Born at just 28 weeks and weighing less than two pounds, Bodhi...
Adult Congenital Heart Program
At Children’s Mercy, the medical providers in our Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program are experts at treating and monitoring both children and adults with CHD. They also specialize in helping teens...
ECMO: What to Expect
Your health care team is here for you and wants to make sure you understand ECMO and how ECMO is affecting your child. Please ask your care team any questions that you have. Here are answers to some of...
A Mother’s Journey through the Children's Mercy Fetal Health Center and NICU
Aisha’s faith, family and an incredible care team carried her through three weeks of painful early labor, an emergency C-section delivery, and another three weeks in the NICU with her third son, Wisdom.
Home-Based Family Support Programs
The Team for Infants Exposed to Substance use (TIES) Program is an intensive home-based partnership with pregnant and postpartum women and their families affected by maternal substance use. Home visitors...
Genomic Medicine Center Facilities
View a list of the Genomic Medicine Center's capital equipment and software tools. The collection of sequencers and robots allows the Center to process more than 20 terabases of data per week.
Tips for surviving toddler behavior
The toddler stage (1-3 years old) is filled with joy, challenges and everything in between. Difficult behaviors often emerge during this time, including the dreaded “meltdowns” or as my old supervisor used...
Fractures, Sprains and Dislocations
A fracture or “broken bone” mean the same thing. There are different kinds of fractures. Sprains are when the ligaments that hold joints together have been stretched and tear. A dislocation occurs when...
Child Adversity and Resilience
The mission of the Division of Child Adversity and Resilience is to improve the lives of at-risk children, families, and communities through clinical care, community-based intervention, research, and...
Oral Teratoma: Jude's Story
Learn how Children's Mercy Kansas City's team worked together to treat Jude's oral teratoma, a tumor on the roof of his mouth.
Foot Pain: C.J.’s Story
Meet C.J. Blue Valley Northwest senior C.J. Lyon is no fair-weather runner. A dedicated cross country and track competitor, she runs six days a week, up to 40 miles a week, whether it’s raining, snowing or...
Parker's Story
Meet Parker Parker with family A mom’s heart knows ... when your normally sassy and energetic 5-year-old daughter becomes withdrawn and miserable, something’s not right. In February of 2023...
Nursing Clinical Placement
Overview Welcome to Children's Mercy and thank you for choosing us for your clinical placement! We are one of the best pediatric medical centers in the nation. Child Magazine named us one of the...
Will flu season be different this year?
Last year we saw lower influenza infections than we have in a long time. We can credit things like social distancing, masks and handwashing which helped keep flu infection from spreading. This year has...
How to support families with critically ill kids
It’s easy enough to offer support to a family whose kiddo has the flu or a broken bone, but it can be a challenge to know how to be there for friends and family when a child is facing a more serious...
NEON Clinic
The NEON Infant Care Clinic (Neonatal Evaluation and Outcomes Network) provides care for babies who need complex medical and neurodevelopmental treatment. If your child is a NICU graduate who required...
Flat Feet (Pes Planus)
Pes planus, often called “flat feet,” refers to a condition where the medial (middle) arch of the foot is flattened.
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