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Education
Children's Mercy inpatients: Direct patient education on LMWH will be provided and documented by Children's Mercy pharmacists for Children's Mercy inpatients. Education will include potential for...
Sleep Medicine and Complex Conditions
Sleep problems are very common in children with many different types of medical conditions. The experienced pediatric sleep specialists at Children’s Mercy care for children in our Sleep Clinic and...
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Team
Meet the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery team at Children's Mercy.
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Children’s Mercy helps children and teens with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (often called EoE) to manage this complex digestive system disorder. What is EoE? EoE is a type of allergic inflammation in the...
Remote Health Solutions Team
The Remote Health Solutions team.
Wise Use of Antibiotics: Diagnostic Stewardship: Ushering in a New Era of Stewardship
In line with the shared goals of antibiotic stewardship, diagnostic stewardship aims to improve outcomes, avoid patient harm, optimize antibiotic use, improve care efficiencies and minimize institutional...
Liver Cancer Treatment
The liver cancer treatment team at Children's Mercy combines the medical and surgical expertise of the Division of Hematology and Oncology with the Liver Care Center. This program provides specialized...
Faculty - Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Current Faculty Division Chief Tazim Dowlut-McElroy, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Fellowship Director Ashli Lawson, MD...
Caregiver Tobacco and Smoking Cessation Support
Children's Mercy Kansas City smoking cessation support process Medical team training National resources Local/state resources Caregiver Smoking Cessation Support at CM - Instructions for Medical Team...
Cochlear implant information for families
A cochlear implant is a safe and proven medical treatment that provides hearing to infants, children and teenagers with severe to profound hearing loss when hearing aids are not able to help.
Wise Use of Antibiotics October 2021
I recently watched an episode of 20/20 featuring children who developed OCD, outbursts and tantrums, seizures, catatonia, and paranoia following a diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis. Some of the...
Vocal Cord Dysfunction Breathing Exercises
Use these breathing techniques at any sign of tightness or stridor/noisy breathing. If this occurs during activity, stop activity, do exercise until it stops and then resume activity gradually. Remember...
Asthma Reference Guide
The goal of this asthma care reference guide is to help clinicians provide quality care to children with asthma across the care continuum at Children's Mercy. This was done by summarizing national...
Academic Curriculum - Clinical Neuropsychology
Clinical experience Evaluations are conducted with a wide range of patient populations including: epilepsy brain tumors spina bifida hydrocephalus neurofibromatosis tuberous sclerosis acquired brain injury...
Art Therapy
Art Therapy is offered for children and families in all inpatient units at Children’s Mercy in order to help children feel more confident to express themselves, take risks, and experiment.
Mucosal eosinophils, mast cells, and intraepithelial lymphocytes in youth with rumination syndrome
Children’s Mercy researchers in gastroenterology analyzed 28 youth meeting Rome IV criteria for rumination syndrome who had undergone endoscopy (compared to 10 controls) to assess antral and duodenal...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Clinical Pathways promote evidence based, safe, and high-value care for patients by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject...
Asthma Control Tests
Questionnaires used at CM to assess asthma control Test for Respiratory and Asthma Control in Kids (TRACK) Test for Respiratory and Asthma Control in Kids (TRACK) for under 5 years of age AND has a history...
iSpine Clinic for Scoliosis Evaluation
The Children's Mercy iSpine Clinic is for children 10 years and over who need to be seen for an initial evaluation of their spine for scoliosis.
Evidence-Based Strategies for Common Clinical Questions February 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...