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Children’s Mercy Topeka at Stormont Vail Health
Full-time pediatric subspecialty clinics including cardiology, endocrinology/diabetes and neurology. Children’s Mercy Topeka at Stormont Vail Health offers families world-class pediatric specialty care in...
Inguinal Hernia Surgery
An inguinal hernia in an infant or child is due to a persistent communication with the abdominal cavity. Inguinal (groin) hernias are the most common type of hernia in children. They occur in up to 5% of...
Complex Care Coordination
What is complex care? Children with complex medical conditions face certain risks when undergoing prolonged surgeries such as spinal fusion or involved hip surgeries. This program ensures children with...
How to protect your little ones from button and lithium coin batteries
As parents, ensuring the safety of our children is always a top priority. One hidden danger that many might overlook is the presence of button batteries in everyday household items. These small...
Pediatric Bioethics: Rethinking Disability in Pediatrics: Historical, Conceptual and Ethical Reflections to Improve Clinical Practice
Column Author: Jeremy R. Garrett, PhD | Program Director, Pediatric Bioethics Fellowship, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Column Editor: Brian...
State of the Art Pediatrics: The Demise of Pediatric Subspecialty Health Care in America
Column Author: Christopher M Oermann, MD | Director, Cystic Fibrosis Cente Column Editor: Amita Amonker, MD, FAAP | Physician Advisor, Care Management and Utilization Review...
Evidence Based Strategies: Along With Spring Comes the Ticks: A Brief Overview of Tickborne Diseases
Column Author: Nicole Neeley, MD | Pediatric Resident PGY 2 Column Editor: Kathleen J. Berg, MD, FAAP | Medical Director, Office of Evidence-Based Practice In the United...
Spinal Fusion: Neuromuscular ERAS
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs promote an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to patient care aimed at facilitating faster recovery from surgery, decreasing hospital length of stay...
Risks and Benefits of Presumptive Treatment for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Risks of untreated PID: Chronic pelvic pain Infertility (tubal damage-induced infertility) Twenty-five percent of females develop complications including tubal scarring and adhesions Increased risk of...
Tips to become a health literacy hero
As parents, we all want the best for our children. Especially when it comes to their health. Medical information can sometimes feel like a secret language, and you may wish you had a superpower to decode...
Turner Syndrome
Resources Turner syndrome (TS) happens when one of the two X-chromosomes in individuals assigned female at birth is missing or partially missing. There are many different variations of TS. While TS is a...
Constipation: every parent’s favorite topic
It’s amazing how once you become a parent you begin to realize that talking about poop is just part of everyday conversation. Has your child pooped today? What was the consistency? What was the color?
Collaborative Care Against Cancer: Camaya’s Story
Read about Camaya, a one-year old with brain cancer, whose treatment journey took her through chemotherapy, surgery and proton therapy.
Powering Families Webinar Series
A monthly series of free webinars. Connect with Children’s Mercy Kansas City experts and partners on a variety of topics, including healthy eating, financial resources, anxiety and depression, kids’ safety...
Cardiovascular Genetics
The Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic is the only clinic in the region providing coordinated screening, diagnosis, management, and genetic counseling for genetic cardiac disease in children. What to...
Getting an IV
This is an IV. An IV is a small tube that is used to give your body water or medicine. It may also be used to get blood for a blood test. Numbing options At Children’s Mercy, we often use a J-tip or...
Clínica Hispana de Cuidados de Salud (CHiCoS)
Clínica Hispana de Cuidados de Salud (CHiCoS) is a culture and language coaching program for bilingual pediatric residents aiming to become professionally qualified providers of Spanish-language care.
Things to know about tonsillectomy
We’ve all been to the doctor where they check your vitals, heart, lungs and neck, among other things. But, what are they even checking in the mouth? It’s the tonsils! For kids, this is the part where they...
Hypertension Clinic
The Hypertension Clinic at Children’s Mercy provides specialized care for children with high blood pressure. Our clinic team includes pediatric nephrologists and highly trained nurse practitioners who work...
Dialysis Program
Dialysis The Dialysis Program at Children's Mercy cares for children with all types of kidney disorders who need renal replacement therapy with dialysis. Our program is nationally and...