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IV Contrast for MRI and CT: Population at Risk for Acute Kidney Injury
Stem cell transplant Acute or past treatment of oncologic disease Congenital heart disease Undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass Single ventricle physiology History of heart transplant Solid organ transplant...
IV Contrast for MRI and CT: Contrast-associated Acute Kidney Injury
Any acute kidney injury (AKI) occurring within 48 hours after the administration of contrast media. The term post-contrast acute kidney injury (PC-AKI) is synonymous with contrast-associated acute kidney...
Assure Pregnancy Test is Negative
LexiComp (2016) places valproic acid in Category X for migraine prophylaxis and Category D for all other indications when assessing Pregnancy Risk Factors. For medications that are in either category X or...
Necrotizing Fasciitis
High likelihood of MSK infection with sepsis or necrotizing fasciitis: History, Exam. Lab work: (CBC with Differential, Blood Culture, ESR and CRP). Administer antibiotics: (vancomycin, clindamycin, and...
Myelomeningocele: Recommendation if Born at Outside Hospital for Pre-natal Repair
Recommend transfer to Children's Mercy for further evaluation, management and initial inpatient care coordination. Timing of transfer, if stable, can be arranged after 48 hours closer to maternal discharge...
Talking With Teens About Suicide
You matter At Children’s Mercy, we care about the whole person, mind and body. You may be coming to us for a medical condition or injury and wonder, why do we ask about suicidal thoughts? We ask because we...
Kansas City Healthy Lifestyles Collaborative (KC HLC)
Email Kansas City Healthy Lifestyles Collaborative (KC HLC) is a program at Children's Mercy that seeks to align community programs to help prevent and reduce childhood obesity. It supports...
Protein C Deficiency: Will’s Story
Meet Will Will McKinnon photo When Amber and Blake McKinnon’s first child, Ben, was born in 2017, they went through an experience no parent would ever want to repeat. Ben suffered a life-threatening...
Angelman Syndrome Clinic
Email About our clinic The Angelman Syndrome Clinic at Children’s Mercy is one-of-a-kind in the region and designed to be a medical home for children with Angelman syndrome and their families. What...
Stroke: Talan's Story
At 2 ½ years old, Talan Turner was growing and developing just like most kids his age. But on March 22, 2016, as he played in the back yard of his home in McLouth, Kan., the unthinkable happened—the...
Stroke: Ben's Story
Call it a mother’s intuition, but Amber McKinnon had an uneasy feeling the entire time she was pregnant that something just wasn’t right. Then on Jan. 13, 2017, baby Benjamin was born full term at Saint...
A Better Quality of Life: Hayden's Story
Meet Hayden After driving nearly three hours to the hospital with an imminent snowstorm, 13-year-old Hayden Murnahan, his parents and his doctors all waited anxiously to find out if his life-changing...
Short Stature
What is short stature? Short stature is a term used to describe a child who has not grown as tall as most other boys or girls their age. While short stature is somewhat subjective, it’s typically defined as...
Clubfoot
Learn about clubfoot, a congenital foot deformity, and its causes and treatment options at Children's Mercy Kansas City.
Liver Transplant Program
The Pediatric Liver Transplant Program provides a comprehensive approach to treating children with end-stage liver disease and/or failure. Families have a dedicated transplant coordinator who is with them...
Update on the Role of Allergy in Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders: A Clinical Perspective
Many studies show that a relationship exists between functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) and food allergies. In this article, Craig Friesen, MD, Jennifer Colombo, MD, and Jennifer Schurman, PhD...
Early Intervention and Special Education Services
The Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program’s goal is to assist children with heart disease and their families in reaching the best outcomes in all areas of development and quality of life. This includes...
Fluoroscopic Removal of Ingested Foreign Body
Children's Mercy uses a fluoroscopic approach, which obviates the need for anesthesia or sedation. Patients can be discharged from the emergency room soon after without need for an admission.
Fibrinolysis as a Treatment for Empyema
Children's Mercy research shows how raising the threshold for surgical intervention and utilizing further nonoperative measures can avoid an operation in most children without increasing in-hospital length...
Cloaca (Cloacal Anomaly)
Cloaca is a birth defect in which a baby's rectum, vagina and urinary tract are fused together. This common channel ends in a single opening on the baby’s bottom.