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Clinical Pathways promote evidence-based, safe, and high-value patient care by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject...
Dengue Fever in Kids
Dengue fever is a viral infection that spreads from mosquitos to people. It can cause fever, headache, muscle/bone pain, a rash, and mild bleeding.
Dr. Venkatesh Sampath, Collaborators Receive NICHD Grant to Study Safety of New Brain-Sparing Corticosteroid to Prevent BPD in Premature Infants
This study investigates the use of ciclesonide (CIC), a synthetic glucocorticoid (sGC) pro-drug that in the inhaled form is FDA approved for use in asthma and allergic rhinitis in older children, to...
ECMO Conditions
What is ECMO? Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, or ECMO, is a temporary machine that adds oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from your child's blood outside the body and returns the blood to your child...
Top 10 tips for teens transitioning to adult medical care
Most parents have a mental list of skills they want their teen to have before they become an adult: laundry lessons, money management and cooking basics, to name a few. But have you talked with your teen...
Foreign Body Ingestion: Super-Absorbent Objects
Consult GI Consult Surgery if patient has symptoms of bowel obstruction Consider endoscopic removal Objects rapidly expand within the GI tract 30 - 60 times original volume Cause gastric outlet...
Ethiopian clinicians both teach and learn during recent bioethics visit
Children’s Mercy Kansas City welcomed Dr. Mahlet Abayneh and Redeat Workneh from Ethiopia, who completed the Pediatric Bioethics Certificate Program. During their visit, they shared insights, engaged in...
Anne Stuedemann Receives Grant for Project Aimed to Improve Health Literacy While Reducing Use of Paper at Children’s Mercy
The funding is being used on Anne Stuedemann’s Quality, Safety, Value Improvement (QSVI) project, “Orthopaedic Dynamic Quick Response (QR) Code Development: Quick and Easy Access to Standardized Patient...
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Why kids hit – and what parents can do about it
It’s a scenario many parents are probably familiar with: one second your children are playing quietly together, and then all of a sudden, you hear crying and shouts of “Mom, they hit me!” When this happens...
Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Stephani Stancil
Building on her interests in precision therapeutics for mental health conditions, Dr. Stephani Stancil is researching the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to detect brain response in...
6 things parents should know about opioids
In the past 20 years, illegal use of opioids has risen sharply. Many people have family members struggling with addiction or have lost loved ones to overdose. What do parents need to know to keep kids safe?
Vaccine Update: Microneedle Patches May Help Overcome Immunization Barriers
Column Author: Yvonne M Carter, MSN, APRN II, FNP-C Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Division Director, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Center for Wellbeing A study...
Drs. Grundberg, Pastinen Receive $3.3 Million NICHD Grant to Advance Understanding of Genetic Determinants of Pregnancy Loss
The researchers' project titled “5-base HiFi sequencing to advance the understanding of genetic determinants of pregnancy loss,” looks to see how long-read technologies can fill gaps of genetic variation...
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Dengue is Setting Records
Column Author & Editor: Chris Day, MD | Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Services; Medical Director, Travel Medicine Program Worldwide, more dengue cases have been reported...
Cancer Research: Elsie's Story
“I don’t think there’s anything that can dull Elsie’s sparkle,” her mom says. For 4-year-old Elsie and her family, being part of a research study during her acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment is their...
IUD Placement: Light and Moderate Sedation
IUD Placement - Light and Moderate Sedation...
8 traditions to make the first day of school one to remember
The first day of a new school year can come with a range of emotions – sadness to see the summer end, anxiety around change and excitement for new beginnings. Though however you’re feeling about the new...
Sedation Procedure Process
The picture below demonstrates the set-up of alteplase/tPA if it comes from the pharmacy in a glass vial. Place the glass vial in a plastic bag as shown to allow it to hang upside down for medication...
End of Life
Clinical Pathways promote evidence-based, safe, and high-value patient care by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject...