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Dr. Puls Receives Award to Study Home Visiting in Child Maltreatment Prevention

To better understand the efficacy of home visiting (HV) in child maltreatment prevention, this study will assess the effects protective factors like economic self-sufficiency and positive parenting...

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Experts at Children’s Mercy Kansas City talk about what you may experience with your babies, teens and in-betweens, to help you celebrate the craziness and challenges of parenthood.

Vaccine Update: Special Considerations in Immunization Practices: A Refresher for the New Year

Column Author:   Yvonne M Carter, MSN, APRN II, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT       Column Editor: Angela Myers, MD, MPH | Pediatric...

Ethics from the Pediatric Home Care Perspective: Bioethics

Column Authors: Lisa Bailey, BSN, RN, CPN | Children’s Mercy Home Care   Angie Knackstedt, BSN, RN, NPD-BC | Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center Column Editor: Brian Carter, MD |

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...

Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Nirsevimab and RSV: ANthrax

Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Anthrax Column Author: Chris Day, MD | Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Services; Medical Director, Travel Medicine; ...

What's the Diagnosis: Injured Finger

A previously healthy 3-year-old male presents to Children Mercy’s Emergency Department (ED) due to finger injury. Parents state that patient’s right third fingertip was accidentally shut in a car door...

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.

Link Newsletter - January 2024

Our January 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...

Atopic Dermatitis Provider Resources Now Available

Column Author: Rebecca Flynn, Advanced Practice RN III | Division of Dermatology Column Editor: Amita R. Amonker, MD, FAAP | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School...

Bacterial Conjunctivitis … Does It Always Need Antibiotics?: Wise Use of Antibiotics

Column Author & Editor: Rana El Feghaly, MD, MSCI | Director, Clinical Services | Director, Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Program | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine  ...

Preparing for your first appointment with Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

It's nice to know what to expect when you are bringing your child to the Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic at Children's Mercy. Below is some important information and reminders before your...

Dr. Mark Hoffman a co-PI on Study that Uses De-Identified Data to Research Health Effects of Climate Change

The project, “Using massive, multi-regional EHR data to estimate the impacts of climate change on fungal disease epidemiology in the U.S.,” will investigate the health effects of climate change on fungal...

Acute Gastroenteritis: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)2024

Background/epidemiology  HUS is a rare but serious sequela to some gastrointestinal infections, most commonly shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC).  HUS occurs in 15% of children < 5 years of age...

Acute Gastroenteritis: Ondansetron Dosing 2024

<!--StartFragment--> Strength  Patient Weight  Dose  4 mg/5mL oral solution  > 30 kg  8 mg  15.1 to 30 kg  4 mg  8 kg to 15 kg  2 mg  8 mg oral...

Three Investigators Receive Braden’s Hope Grants to Further Childhood Cancer Research

Three Children’s Mercy investigators received new pediatric cancer research awards, totaling $700,000. The grants, independently awarded by Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer, will further collaborations...

Kids sick again? What to do about those pesky bugs going around

If it feels like the kiddos in your life are constantly coming down with something, it’s probably not your imagination. In the first 2 years of life, it is common for kids in daycare to be sick with...

Dr. Kaela Varberg Awarded NIH Grant to Investigate the Role of ASCL2 in Trophoblast Cell Lineage Development

Dr. Varberg’s study titled, “Regulation of Invasive Trophoblast Cell Lineage Development,” will identify gene targets of Achaete-Scute Family Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor 2 (ASCL2) and place...

Healthier eating in the new year is a resolution you can keep. No, really!

Be honest: How many days into the new year did you make it before you abandoned all those well-intentioned resolutions? It happens to the best of us. But as a parent, finding ways to implement healthier...

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