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Eating disorder facts
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Related Disorders Who gets these types of eating disorders? Anyone can develop an eating disorder. How eating disorders evolve is still poorly understood. Risk...
Pediatric Radiology
Description: This elective is broken up into morning and afternoon tasks. These will include observing technologists obtain imaging studies, observing radiologists interpret and report studies, generating...
Multidisciplinary Food Allergy Clinic
Food Allergy Resources The Multidisciplinary Food Allergy Clinic serves children who are diagnosed with two or more major food allergies or those with poor growth due to a food allergy. Your family can...
Food Guidelines
Do not discuss calories with patient Only parents or staff to choose food off meal plan No modifications to meal plan(s) - unless approved by the eating disorder team No outside food or drinks Remove all...
Whole Genome Sequencing
The Genomic Medicine Center began offering clinical whole genome sequencing (WGS) on a limited basis to Children’s Mercy patients in 2015. The Center was one of the first laboratories in the world offering...
Throat and Airway
Conditions we treat Airway problems (breathing problems) Difficulty breathing through mouth or nose. Chronic nasal congestion. History of having a tracheotomy tube. History of needing ventilator support...
Supplemental Oxygen
The Bronchiolitis CPG Committee recommends using supplemental oxygen to maintain an oxygen saturation ≥ 90%, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP, 2006) statement for the care of the patient...
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Our Surgery Center Faculty and Fellows Follow Us How to Apply The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship selects one applicant per year to fulfill its position, which is fully accredited through the ACGME.
Faculty - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Physicians in hallway photo Our faculty recognize that being mentors and training future pediatric infectious diseases specialists is a privilege. Our fellows gain confidence and independence as they...
Faculty - Pediatric Sports Medicine Fellowship
Program Director Greg S. Canty, MD Associate Program Director Brian Harvey, DO Sr. Fellowship Coordinator Danelle Vogt, MBA Fellow Megan Euerle, DO Faculty and Staff Meet the faculty from the division of...
Transition to Adulthood: Orthopedics
If you have commercial insurance, Medicare and Medicaid managed care plans or other state Medicaid insurance programs, you should ask about a list of in-network providers. If you currently have no...
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
When critical cardiac support is needed, children and their families can rely on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Children's Mercy. The 24-bed specialized inpatient unit provides round-the-clock...
CHAMP App
Our Children’s High Acuity Monitoring Program® (CHAMP) provides home monitoring for complex pediatric cardiology patients.
Transition to Adulthood - Medical Insurance Choices for Adults
It is important to start to think about insurance options. Talk with your care team early. Start to ask questions when you turn 16 years old. To start this process, you need to Understand...
How to talk to your kids about their first heartbreak
Our first love can be a highly emotional experience and the same goes for first heartbreak. It’s never easy to see your child hurting, but you can ease their struggle by remaining open and available to...
Research Summer Scholars
Undergraduate students can make a real impact in pediatric research at the Children’s Mercy Research Institute (CMRI) this summer. This competitive program offers the opportunity to work with expert...
Fast Facts
This pathway is intended for the use of heparin for therapeutic (not prophylactic) indications. This pathway is not intended for heparin use to maintain patency of arterial or central venous catheters or...
Full Athlete Care
Children’s Mercy provides a variety of sports performance services to enhance all aspects of a student-athlete’s health. From sports nutrition to mental health to injury prevention, we help your athlete...
Appendicostomy
An appendicostomy is a surgery that is performed allowing a child to receive an enema through their belly button or abdomen. The goal of the surgery is to make the enema process easier on everyone and work...
MyChildrensMercy Patient Portal Mobile App Privacy Policy
The Children's Mercy Hospital (“CMH” or “we”) has created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its commitment to privacy rights and protection of information that may be considered personally identifiable...