New things are always developing at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. This page is a resource for updates about new research studies, clinical breakthroughs and other important information Division of Pediatric Neonatology.
With outstanding patient care, innovative programs and promising research, Children's Mercy relentlessly seeks to improve treatments and achieve better outcomes for children facing chronic lung disease, birth defects or complications of prematurity. More>>
Children's Mercy's Infant Home Ventilator Program is a unique full-service program that provides individualized care in the home setting. Babies with chronic respiratory failure who need prolonged ventilator assistance have the opportunity to live at home rather than in an intensive care hospital environment. More>>
Children's Mercy has a long history of strong clinical and research focus in neonatal lung disease. At our new Center for Infant Pulmonary Disorders, our physicians and scientists evaluate, treat and investigate the complexities of lung injury in premature and full-term newborns requiring medical intervention. More>>
Medical interventions such as mechanical ventilation, high oxygen concentrations, intravenous nutrition and other means of aggressive medical support have positively changed the survival rates for premature infants. More>>
With the opening of the Elizabeth J. Ferrell Fetal Health Center, Children's Mercy joins the ranks of only a handful of children's hospitals in the country to provide delivery service for infants who will be born with complex anomalies. More>>
In 1970, Neonatology Section Chief Robert T. Hall, MD, equipped a hospital van with a generator-powered incubator. As a result of that brilliant insight, Children's Mercy had established the very first neonatal transport program in the U.S. More>>
Surfactant replacement therapy for preterm infants with respiratory distress is nothing new at Children's Mercy - or many other medical centers. Giving at-risk babies one to three doses of surfactant during their first 24 to 48 hours of life has been routine for 20 years. More>>
Since transporting the first tiny patient in 1971, Children's Mercy's Critical Care Transport program has grown to one of the busiest in the country. In 2010, the transport team performed nearly 5,000 pediatric transports, about a quarter of them neonates. More>>
Children's Mercy has a long history of leadership in neonatal research and clinical care. The hospital's expertise in this area was reaffirmed earlier this year when Children's Mercy, in conjunction with Truman Medical Center and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, received a grant totaling approximately $1.5 million over five years from the prestigious Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. More>>
The goal of Children's Mercy's Critical Care Transport program is to bring NICU care to the patient, stabilizing the patient at the referral hospital rather than rushing to transport with the goal of stabilizing after arrival. Bringing a more stabilized pediatric patient back to Children's Mercy reduces mortality and morbidity in the long run. More>>
The Infant Home Ventilator Program at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is a unique full-service program that enables infants less than two years of age who require tracheotomy and long-term ventilation to be transitioned to home for extended care. More>>
The Elizabeth J. Ferrell Fetal Health Center at Children's Mercy Hospital offers a broad range of high level perinatal services to assist with diagnosis and family counseling for serious congenital defects. More>>
