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Discover Children's Mercy
Go behind the scenes Community leaders, business leaders, and government officials are invited to spend one-on-one time with pediatric sub-specialists, nurses, therapists, and other professionals to...
Before You Arrive
It's nice to know what to expect when you are coming to a Children's Mercy hospital or medical clinic for the first time. Scheduling an Appointment Locations Preparing for Your Visit What to...
Children’s Mercy Is Built for Kids
For more than 125 years Children’s Mercy has been taking care of kids. With more than 8,600 caring experts in our health system, you can always find someone to help.
Pediatric Tracheostomy and Home Ventilator Clinic Team
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Dr. Helena Laroche Receives Funding to Study Social Risk Factor Screening and Referral Evaluations
The study’s goal is to evaluate recent changes that Children’s Mercy Integrated Care Solutions (CMICS) implemented to screening and referrals for social determinants of health risk factors.
Dr. Craig Smail Receives R21 NIH Grant to Better Understand Biology of Complex Rare Diseases
Dr. Smail’s study, “Novel computational approaches to characterize the effects of rare functional outlier variants on cis- and trans-regulatory disease processes,” will work to understand the genome-wide...
Project RISE Receives Grant to Create Paid Internship Program, Conference for People with Disabilities, Chronic Health Conditions
Project RISE is a premier program at Children’s Mercy, creating meaningful employment opportunities and volunteer experiences for people with disabilities, many of whom are former Children’s Mercy...
Younger Lab
This lab, led by Scott Younger, PhD, integrates a series of research programs to accelerate the process of translating the clinical detection of genetic variants into meaningful and actionable biological...
ADHD Patient / Caregiver Resources
National resources: CDC CHADD Understood.org Local resources: CHADD Local Chapter (ADHDKC) Behavioral Parent Training Groups: Understanding and Managing ADHD (CMH) ADHD Services (CMH) Lift up KC...
Maintenance and Monitoring
Once a therapeutic standard heparin level is obtained draw CBC, PT, aPTT and/or heparin level at least daily. Measure platelet counts daily. If platelet count decreases below 150,000/microL or drops by ≥
General and Thoracic Surgery
Children's Mercy offers a broad range of surgical services for children. We are available 24 hours a day, 365 days per year for when your child needs us.
Heparin Antidote
Termination of the IV infusion generally will terminate the anticoagulant effect. If immediate reversal is required protamine sulfate will result in neutralization of heparin. The dose of protamine...
Fetal Health Center Team
Meet the Fetal Health Center team at Children's Mercy.
Torn ACL: Maxxwell's Story
Meet Maxxwell Maxxwell Ford video Very few high school freshmen have the talent and drive to play quarterback at the varsity level, but Maxxwell Ford did. “I’ve been playing football since I was old enough...
Gynecology
Children's Mercy provides pediatric-focused surgical treatment and primary gynecological care for females between birth and 21 years old. We tailor our care for each child and ensure that examinations are...
Apply for the Pediatric Ethics Fellowship
Children’s Mercy invites applications for a one-year fellowship in Pediatric Ethics. The fellowship will be based in the Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center. Fellows will participate in all clinical...
Evidence Based Strategies: Implications of Marijuana Legalization and Identification of THC Toxidrome in the Young
Recreational marijuana first became legal in two states in 2012. As of January 2023, only four states have not decriminalized marijuana in some capacity.1 A challenge to legalizing marijuana is a decrease...
Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat
Description: Learn basic pediatric head and neck exam and anatomy; understand basic middle-ear pathology and interventions; airway pathology; and work up and common head and neck disease processes.
Patient and Family Seal of Collaboration
Patient Family Seal Button: View page in Spanish At Children’s Mercy, we place the highest priority on patient and family partnership in the care of the children in our community. Our Seal of Collaboration...
Micrognathia
Clinical Pathways promote evidence based, safe, and high-value care for patients by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of...