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Hip Dysplasia: Kayse's Story
Kayse with Dr.Grote 18-year-old Kayse Cooper was an active multi-sport athlete until persistent leg and hip pain sidelined her from her favorite activities—track, cheer and volleyball. With the help of...
Children’s Mercy Receives $4 Million from the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation to Improve Health Care Equity
Thanks to this significant grant, Children's Mercy is embarking on a groundbreaking initiative aimed at advancing health care equity by proactively identifying and rectifying gaps in coordination of...
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.
Dr. Scott Younger Receives $3.1 Million NIH R01 Grant to Better Distinguish Genetic Variants that Cause Congenital Birth Defects
Dr. Younger’s project, “Systematic Identification and Phenotypic Characterization of Causal Genetic Variants in Rare Disease-Associated Birth Defects,” looks to distinguish specific genetic variants that...
Bioethics: Addressing the Burdens That Newborn Screening Imposes on Underserved Communities
Newborn screening (NBS) began in the 1960s with testing for phenylketonuria (PKU), which, when identified and treated early, significantly reduces morbidity. While NBS is rightly viewed as a public health...
Vaccine Update: Reducing the Ouch During Vaccination
Pediatric clinicians are committed to providing recommended vaccines to their patients. But vaccine hesitancy continues to be an obstacle to providing some or all recommended vaccines.
Evidence Based Strategies: Serum Sickness-Like Reaction
A patient comes to the emergency department with a faint maculopapular rash. He is experiencing joint pain and edema in his left hand and right knee. Upon arrival, he is febrile with a temperature of 38.3...
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Malaria
Many readers will have seen the report of locally acquired malaria in Florida and Texas earlier this year. So, far, a total of eight cases have been identified, seven in Florida (all in Sarasota County)
Link Newsletter - August 2023
Our August issue features the latest news and updates on pediatric care from Children's Mercy clinicians. We want to hear from you! Do you have ideas, questions or suggestions for future articles in The...
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...
Drs. Nedved, El Feghaly Use Grant to Study Drivers of Health Inequity in Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Infections in Pediatric Urgent Care Clinics
The team’s collaborative is using QI methodology to identify primary drivers of health equity in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and develop, implement, and study the effect of interventions to narrow the...
Bactrim Lung Failure Team
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Welcome to CM
Find locations and hours for services you may need during your visit, such as eating options, internet access, the chapel, pharmacy, resource library, family accessible restroom and more. See your clinic...
Meet Kingston
Kingston Morris was born at Children’s Mercy in March 2023, when a team of nearly 30 providers and several departments completed a rare EXIT-to-airway procedure. He has been diagnosed with CHD4...
NIH Award Expands Study of Pediatric Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Research, Supports Pathway Towards Increasing Diversity Research
Judith Ikerionwu, assistant clinical research coordinator, is using this supplement award for her project, “Understanding the Barriers in Participant Retention and Efficient Recruitment Methods in the...
Hem/Onc/BMT PFAC Members
Hem/Onc/BMT Members Chalene Base Rosaland Daniels Sarah Dippel Ryan Faddis Kirsten Finn Tracy Gay Bethany Luther View Story Tracy Nagel Michelle Pixler Lori Werth I am a proud mother of 3 daughters...
Discharge Recommendations
These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different, and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use...
Bilirubin/Albumin Ratio
These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different, and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use...
How to set a schedule for back-to-school success
It's that time of year - you can almost smell the sharpened pencils and fresh notebook paper. Students will be returning to school before you know it and getting used to a whole new routine. Set them...