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11/20/2009Emergency Departments Opens First Phase of Expansion
 After outgrowing a location with approximately half the needed space, the Children's Mercy Hospital Emergency Department expansion is in its final phases.
11/20/2009Clinical Advances In Pediatrics - Speaker Interviews
 More than 400 pediatricians, nurses and other specialists attended the 42nd Annual Clinical Advances in Pediatrics Symposium, presented by Children's Mercy Health Network, Nov. 18-20 at Children's Mercy Hospital.
10/27/2009H1N1 Update 10 27 09
 Clarification on antibiotic choices in the child with bacterial superinfection complicating influenza and clarification on use of antivirals for children with influenza.
10/23/2009Commonly Requested but Misunderstood Imaging Studies: Imaging Infant Hips and the Limping Child
 This article in the ongoing series "Commonly Requested But Misunderstood Imaging Studies" covers hip dysplasia and imaging of infant hips and the limping child.
10/16/2009Record Breaking Month
 Children's Mercy set records for Transports and Emergency Department visits in September.
10/15/2009H1N1 Update 10-15 09
 QUESTION: If a child had an influenza like illness with a positive rapid flu test, do they need to receive H1N1 monovalent influenza vaccine?
10/5/2009Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: Early Detection & Simple Effective Treatment
10/5/2009Pediatric Autopsies: Are they still useful?
 Researchers hae documented substantial discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and findings at autopsy in the past 100 years. Is autopsy still helpful with teh advent of image studies and diagnostic techniques?
10/1/2009Is it Effective to Incise and Drain (I&D) a Skin Abscess Without Adjuvant Antibiotics?
 In light of CA-MRSA’s proclivity to cause skin and soft-tissue abscesses and its capacity to inflict severe illness, researchers have been prompted to revisit the question of whether adjunctive antimicrobial therapy is necessary in the management of uncom
10/1/2009What's New in Diagnosis of Tuberculosis?
 Correctly diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children is critical to provide appropriate treatment and to detect undiagnosed source cases. However, diagnosing TB in children may be difficult. Dr. Jackson shares her perspective about what’s new in the diagnos

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