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Acute Gastroenteritis: Clinical Dehydration Assessment 2024

<!--StartFragment--> Characteristic  Score  0  1  2  General appearance  Normal  Thirsty, restless, or lethargic, but irritable when touched  Drowsy, limp, cold...

The Cancer Center at Children's Mercy

Our team is ready to fight cancer with you “Your child has cancer.” Those are words no parent ever wants to hear. If you’ve found yourself suddenly facing the possibility of a cancer diagnosis in your...

Center for Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum at Children’s Mercy

Pectus excavatum (sunken chest) and pectus carinatum (protruding breastbone) are the two most common chest wall anomalies in children. The Center for Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum at Children’s...

Cold weather car seat safety

Statistics show that motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among children in the United States. Most of these deaths, due to children either being unrestrained or improperly restrained, are...

Oral Cephalosporins - Wise Use of Antibiotics - October 2022

Oral broad-spectrum cephalosporins, such as cefdinir, are some of the most inappropriately prescribed antibiotic classes in pediatrics. They should not be used routinely to escalate therapy for patients...

Healthy Homes Training Opportunities

Workshops for community groups and professional healthy home training courses for health workers, housing, public health and environmental professionals.

Don't Forget About MenB

MenB vaccines have the lowest administration rates of the vaccines available for adolescents in the United States.

HPV

Resources Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S. It can cause cancers of the genital regions in men and women, as well as cancers of the throat. The HPV...

Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean (ERAC) Protocol

If you're having a C-section, consider the ERAC protocol for a faster recovery. Shorter fasting times, better pain management, and improved bonding with your baby.

Friends, roommates, teammates and now physical therapy partners

  Softball players Kia Boyd and Aubrey Smith endured a long road to shoulder recoveries, but had each other for encouragement during their rehab together at the Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine clinic.

Herpes Simplex Virus

HSV is a rare but significant cause of disease among neonates occurring in an estimated 1 in 3200 births. Neonatal HSV infection manifests in three ways, 1) disseminated, 2)central nervous system (CNS) or...

Kids & Springtime Allergies

After a cold winter, spring is finally here. And now that the temperatures are warming up, it’s also time for that other season—the one that’s just a little less exciting: allergy season.

Refer a Patient to the Down Syndrome Clinic

New Patient Appointments Log in to EpicCare Link or see referral options and instructions: childrensmercy.org/referral. Refer a Patient to the Down Syndrome Clinic...

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Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship: Locations

The Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Innovation is located on the third floor of the Children's Mercy Research Institute building. This space includes the division offices...

Helping Your Child Eat or Drink While in the Hospital

Tips for drinking   Use a cup from home. Help your child decorate a cup to make drinking more fun. You can use things such as stickers or markers. Offer a different type of cup. Some choices may be a paper...

Teeth brushing tips from the pros

It may feel like a constant battle every day, getting kids to brush their teeth properly. Sometimes bribery works or maybe you just give up the battle for that day. Oral hygiene is so important and can...

CPAP Care Program

Many children in our care use a CPAP machine to help regulate their breathing during sleep. CPAP stands for "continuous positive airway pressure" therapy. A CPAP machine has a tube that connects to...

Four rules of lawn mower safety

Spring has sprung! We all know what that means…mowing season has arrived. You probably have the one friend who LOVES to mow, but for most people it is a hot, sweaty and dirty task at the bottom of the “

WHO Updates HPV Schedule Recommendations

The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that a single-dose (off-label) schedule can provide similar efficacy and durability of protection to a two-dose schedule.