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Heart Center Connect

Refer a Patient Subscribe to our Newsletter The Ward Family Heart Center Children’s Mercy Heart Center is the place for your patients based on outcomes alone. We have a near 100% survival rate in STAT...

Auggie's story

Family photo : Auggie   “Something isn’t right – I can feel it.” That’s what Bianca, mom of 6-month old Auggie, whispered out loud as she stared at the heavy rise and fall of her son’s chest. For days...

November

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Research - Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship

Our program is designed to encourage trainees to develop an interest in clinical, translational, educational and/or basic research. The goal is to provide fellows with the fundamental skills required to...

When your child’s ‘winter blues’ become something more serious

As much as so many of us complain about daylight saving time, it’s always a shock to the system when it ends. Soon we’ll start preparing ourselves for shorter days, leaving work when it’s already dark and...

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 |

Removing Antimicrobial “Pebbles” – Helping You and Helping Our Community: Wise Use of Antibiotics

Column Author: Annie Wirtz, PharmD, BCPPS | Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy Elizabeth Monsees, PhD, MBA, RN, CIC, FAPIC | Senior...

Mokhallati Awarded Grant for School-based Telemedicine Program for Students With Asthma

The project, which is working with four Kansas City Public Schools where it was determined asthma prevalence and severity is high, has received a $55,460 grant from the Health Forward Foundation.

BEWARE! Or Be Aware of these Halloween safety tips

Keep kids safe this Halloween by avoiding the most common injuries that bring little ones to the emergency departments: falls, burns from flammable costumes, injuries from collisions with vehicles and eye...

Children’s Mercy Is Built for Kids

For more than 125 years Children’s Mercy has been taking care of kids. With more than 8,600 caring experts in our health system, you can always find someone to help.

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: Long-Term High Hopes and Short-Term Cautious Optimism

A new monoclonal antibody to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), nirsevimab (Beyfortus), has been approved and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for all infants...

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...

Dr. Helena Laroche Receives Funding to Study Social Risk Factor Screening and Referral Evaluations

The study’s goal is to evaluate recent changes that Children’s Mercy Integrated Care Solutions (CMICS) implemented to screening and referrals for social determinants of health risk factors.

Evidence Based Strategies: Implications of Marijuana Legalization and Identification of THC Toxidrome in the Young

Recreational marijuana first became legal in two states in 2012. As of January 2023, only four states have not decriminalized marijuana in some capacity.1 A challenge to legalizing marijuana is a decrease...

Braedon’s story

High school athletes are no strangers to the pain and injury that can come with intense competition. But when 16-year-old Braedon had ongoing neck and shoulder pain that was so severe he couldn’t sleep at...

Sickle Cell Disease: Management of Acute Pain

Clinical Pathways promote evidence based, safe, and high-value care for patients by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject...

October

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Wise Use of Antibiotics

Antibiotics can be very helpful for treating infections caused by bacteria, like strep throat or urinary tract infections. But, it is important to use antibiotics only when they are needed. Antibiotics do...

Patient Education

Children’s Mercy inpatients: Patient education on rivaroxaban will be provided and documented by Children’s Mercy inpatient pharmacists. Education will include potential for adverse drug reactions and...