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Mental Health: Grace and Nate's Story

Children’s Mercy is committed to caring for every aspect of children’s health — physical, mental, emotional and behavioral.   As we continue to shed light on the importance of mental health care and...

Autism and/or Developmental Delay: Finding Best Fit Developmental Intervention Center

Factors to consider for identifying a family’s best fit clinical center: Geography. It is almost always ideal for families to receive their intervention service locally, with a preference for staying...

Peanut Allergy: Jayden's Story

Jayden Johnson has a severe peanut allergy, but through participation in a clinical trial at Children's Mercy, he's been able to build up a tolerance to peanut protein.

State-of-the-Art Pediatrics May 2022

On March 29, 2019, Children’s Mercy hosted a remarkable series of lectures and presentations about immigrants, refugees and caring for children at the U.S.-Mexico border. The first presentation was at...

How to know if your child is truly sick

Sometimes kids know when to play the sick card. You may see random bouts of “stomach aches” and saying “I don’t feel good” both before and during school. How do you check to see if kids are really sick, or...

Andrea Bradley-Ewing, MPA, MA

Andrea Bradley-Ewing, MPA, MA, serves as the Research Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Children’s Mercy Research Institute (CMRI). Bradley-Ewing has extensive experience in community-engaged and...

Beacon Program Contact Form

Beacon program contact form at Children's Mercy.

Dry Needling and Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization

Dry needling   Dry needling video Athletes can develop trigger points, or tight spots within the muscle tissue, due to injury, overuse or dysfunction. Trigger points can cause local pain or “referred pain...

Rumination Disorder: Austin's Story

Meet Austin   Meet Austin Eleven-year-old Austin Hasenohr excels at special-effects makeup. He also makes stop-motion animation movies and cartoon drawing animation on his phone, is accomplished at...

Researching Severe COVID-19 in Children

The Children's Mercy Research Institute studied children who required ICU hospitalization from COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).

Faculty - Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship

Our Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship faculty are actively involved in education, research and publication. We encourage our fellows to gain confidence and independence as they progress through training...

Autism and/or Developmental Delay: AAP Guidelines

AAP Clinical Report – Autism Spectrum Disorder: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/145/1/e20193447 AAP Developmental Surveillance and Screening Guidelines...

KIDS KC

PFAC Kids KC Logo Kids and Families Impacting Disease through Science (KIDS KC) is a teen council that works to impact medicine, research, and innovation at Children’s Mercy and internationally. KIDS KC is...

Rett Syndrome: Quinn's Story

Living with Rett syndrome Angie Cunningham will readily admit that having a child diagnosed with Rett syndrome makes life a bit more complex. This rare neurodevelopmental disorder begins to show its effects...

Autism and Developmental Disorder Medical Clinic

Children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disorders often have other conditions, including anxiety, ADHD, sleep concerns, eating issues and certain genetic conditions. The Autism and...

Ways to help teens get more sleep

Teens can have difficulty sleeping because they often face a perfect storm of biological and social factors that disrupt sleep. Teens need an average of 9 hours of sleep each night and with a little...

Frontiers Grant Supports Framework for Subject Matching

Keith Feldman, PhD, received a Frontiers award to use data representations to identify optimal control subjects through a broader set of clinical and temporal criteria.

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Supportive Care Measures

Encourage non-caffeinated and non-carbonated fluids. For girls, encourage wiping after each void from front to back. Decrease discomfort with voiding by urinating while sitting in a warm bath tub. Provide...

Criteria for Transfer to Higher Level of Care

Hypotension Impending airway obstruction Need for Epi drip >1 dose of Epi given These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is...