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Patient is Suspected to Have TLS
Patients may present with metabolic derangements along (laboratory TLS) or both laboratory and clinical sequalae. Laboratory TLS (LTLS): Level above or below normal limits for age for 2 or more of the...
SSTI: Severe Infection
Patients who have failed incision and drainage plus oral antibiotics or those with systemic signs of infection such as fever, tachycardia for age, tachypnea for age, or abnormal white blood cell count (<12...
SSTI: Paronychia (Images)
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Evidence-Based Strategies for Common Clinical Questions July 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...
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics March 2022
Updated CDC Guidance on the COVID-19 Vaccine Primary Series and Masking in Public Column Editor: Angela Myers, MD, MPH | Director, Division of Infectious Diseases | Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School...
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics May 2021
Clinicians should be aware of recent human brucellosis cases in the United States caused by an antibiotic-resistant RB51 bovine vaccine strain and related to raw milk consumption.
When is period pain not normal?
When we hear the word “period,” most women think of the monthly menstrual period. Many of us have grown up associating periods with painful cramping and heavy bleeding, something that we just have to...
Center for Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum at Children’s Mercy
Pectus excavatum (sunken chest) and pectus carinatum (protruding breastbone) are the two most common chest wall anomalies in children. The Center for Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum at Children’s...
Holden's Story
The feeling in the doctor’s office is anxious. Apprehensive. Quiet. The doctor holds up a quick sketch of a heart, complete with valves and chambers and points to different spots with her pen, explaining...
Tips for healthy to-go snacks
We’ve all been there. You’re not quite home yet, but you know that if your kid doesn’t eat something in the next 5 minutes, all you-know-what will break loose.
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Embracing your village. How to help those with a child in the hospital.
Health care is an avoidance topic, plain and simple. No one wants to think about being sick or worse yet, having a child sick and in the hospital. But realistically, we know that every day thousands of...
Children’s Mercy Research Institute Opens in Spring 2021
The Children’s Mercy Research Institute opens in spring 2021 as the hub of pediatric research and discovery, committed to research with a purpose.
Dr. Rachel Chevalier Receives Grant To Study Variability in Therapeutic Response to EoE Treatment
Find a Researcher Researcher Network Donate Follow Us See All Stories Dr. Rachel Chevalier Receives Grant To Study Variability in Therapeutic Response to EoE Treatment Rachel Chevalier, MD...
Dr. Jay Vivian Receives Grant To Further Research on Therapies for Vici Syndrome
Find a Researcher Researcher Network Donate Follow Us See All Stories Dr. Jay Vivian Receives Grant To Further Research on Therapies for Vici Syndrome Jay Vivian, PhD, Children’s Mercy Research Institute...
Best Children's Hospitals: Children's Mercy Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Children's Mercy is proud to be named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation's best children's hospitals, ranking in all 11 pediatric specialties.
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Application process In order to achieve a diverse representation and work towards our mission the Council has created an application process for potential members. The CF Parent Advisory Council will...