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Serious Harm Pressure Injury: Stage 3, Stage 4, Unstageable (Text Only)
Children’s Mercy Kansas City Quarter Number of Pressure Injuries Sum of Patient Days Rate per 1000 Patient Days (Number of Pressure Injuries/Sum of Patient Days x1000) Jan-Mar 2015 8 25,963 0.31 Apr-Jun 2015...
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Children’s Mercy соблюдает применимое федеральное законодательство в области гражданских прав и не допускает дискриминации по признакам расы, цвета кожи, национальной принадлежности, возраста, инвалидности...
Emerging Infections a New Area of Emphasis at the Children's Mercy Research Institute
The new Area of Emphasis is dedicated to recognizing and surveilling new and reemerging pediatric infectious diseases around the world...
Jonathan Wagner, DO, Receives Grant to Study Contribution of Liver Adiposity on Statin Transport Response
Guidelines for prescribing physicians may subsequently be developed to "personalize" dosing for pediatric obese patients, potentially making statin therapy less toxic and more effective for individual...
Introducing Peanuts: A Guide for Parents
Allergy to peanuts is one of the most common food allergies. It tends to develop early in life and can persist through adulthood. Reactions can range from mild to life threatening. The current treatment...
Beacon Program National Resources
General health care: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Healthy Children (AAP) Kids Health Medical Home News Specific disease: AACPDM (American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and...
New Tool Helps Combat Malnutrition
MUAC z-score tape has changed how pediatric malnutrition is evaluated at Children’s Mercy and across the globe.
Project Will Study Housing Assistance During Childhood
Jeffrey Colvin’s study is titled “Childhood Housing Assistance and Adult Health: Life Course Critical Periods and Cumulative Impact.”
Mary Ann Queen, MD | Children's Mercy Research Institute
Mary Ann Queen, MD, is the Interim Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Mercy and at the University of Kansas Medical Center. At the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine...
Updated asthma guidelines and how they affect kids
In terms of updating asthma guidelines, not much has changed in over 13 years – until recently. With the recent 2020 National Institutes of Health (NIH) report, there’s a new way to help children who have...
The word on potty words and other toddler talk
If there is a toddler in your life you can count on a few things–love for princesses and superheroes, new-found independence, sticky fingers and some amazing conversation.
Is my child being bullied?
Children often experience issues at school that go beyond classwork. Kids may have a fight with a friend, or they aren’t sitting by the same group of kids at lunch anymore. While we often worry kids are...
Failure as a gift
Webster Dictionary defines failure as “lack of success” or “falling short.” As well-known comedian, Ellen De Generes stated, “When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and...
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COVID Myths
There is a lot of information circulating about COVID-19 and it is important for people to be educated about the virus and how to help keep it from spreading. But with so much information available there...
Testing food allergies early in children
Studies have shown that, for at least some children, early introduction of food can help children to avoid the development of food allergies. Here’s what introducing those foods can look like.
Helping Children Learn to Wear Masks
Wearing a mask in public places is a new routine for almost all of us. For kids who are younger, have developmental differences like autism, or other behavioral or medical needs, we shouldn’t be surprised...
Helping your child wear a mask
Since wearing a mask is currently required when social distancing isn't possible, it is important to help children understand why we're wearing masks and to help them feel as comfortable as possible.
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