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5 tips to keep connected with your partner after kids
Date nights when you’re a parent can be... hard to come by and to be honest, the last thing you want to do when you do find free time as a mom. Let’s be honest, it can be challenging to feel confident in...
Understanding Soft Tissue Infection
Skin infections, also called cellulitis, are caused when bacteria enters a cut, tear, or scrape on your skin. It can occur when your finger or hand is cut or crushed, such as being shut in a door or...
Evidence-Based Strategies for Common Clinical Questions April 2021
As was discussed in last month’s LINK column on evidence-based practice, children are disproportionately affected by secondhand smoke, and this exposure is detrimental to children’s health. The Surgeon...
Naltrexone Neuroimaging
The Children’s Mercy Research Institute together with the Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology are doing a research study to understand brain differences in the reward system of teens...
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics April 2022
When Sore Throat Becomes Emergent: Deep Neck Infections Author: Smit Shah, MD |Emergency Medicine | Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine | Education Assistant Professor...
Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Resources What is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus? Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (also known as SLE or lupus) is a disease of the immune system. The immune system’s role in the body is to fight infections...
Getting teens to talk
If you have a teenager in your family, chances are they are less chatty with you than when they were little. Before, they used to tell you every detail of their day whether you wanted it or not, but now...
Winning tips for interacting with coaches
If you're raising an adolescent athlete, you're juggling a lot - practice and game schedules, uniform laundry, snacks and hydration, not to mention relationships with your kid's coaches. Managing...
Preventive Cardiology Research
To help advance the practice of pediatric preventative cardiology, our team actively participates in several research projects. You will have the opportunity to participate in registries that help connect...
Common Endocrinology Conditions
Recommendations for pediatricians regarding abnormal menstrual patterns, abnormal thyroid, growth failure and pediatric obesity.
School resources for children with mental health needs
Most schools have staff members who are trained and equipped to help kids with mental and behavioral health issues that affect their ability to learn. Consider reaching out to the following professionals...
Research and Advanced Education - Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship
Fellows may choose a project in either basic, translational, or clinical science with dedicated research blocks to allow their research interests to develop and mature. A primary mentor will be assigned...
How to get toddlers to follow directions
When your child is a toddler, they start to explore their independence and test boundaries – testing your patience along the way. They don’t always listen, and they want to do things on their own timeline.
¿Cuándo y adónde ir?: ¿Sala de Emergencias o Centro de Atención de Urgencias?
Cuando su niño necesita atención médica y usted no puede esperar que el consultorio de su médico esté abierto, ¿adónde debería ir?
Gifts Moms really want for Mother’s Day
I never truly appreciated what my mother did for me until I became a mom myself. And now I know. Being a mother is the hardest, most beautiful and challenging role of all. But I wouldn’t trade it for...
Visual Diagnosis: Eye Movement
A 4-year-old male is brought to the emergency department by his mother for further evaluation of ear pain and headache.
Life skills teens want to know
When you are sent off into the world after high school, you are expected to know so much. Not only all the reading, writing and arithmetic that school has taught, but so much more. Here is a list of some...
Visual Diagnosis
A 2-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his mother for six days of fever with a maximum temperature of 103 F. See if you can select the best alternative to amoxicillin suspension for...
7 ways to keep pools safe this summer
Multiple layers of protection are needed to prevent drowning. Drowning continues to be the leading cause of unintentional injury death for children aged 1 to 4 years and they are more likely to drown in a...
Scoliosis: Signs and Symptoms
Wondering if your child may have scoliosis? Read about the most common signs and symptoms, and how to get care.