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Our Mission
Four Pillars of the Rising T1DE Alliance Predict Intervene Implement Disseminate Targeting and predicting outcomes The Rising T1DE leverages advanced machine learning and natural language processing to...
Patient and Family Engagement
The Patient and Family Engagement team partners with patients and families to improve the quality, safety, and experience of care for all children.
Tracheostomy Resources
Families often find these resources helpful as they navigate their trach journey. Preparing for your trach placement at Children's Mercy Road Map to Home (pdf) Road Map to Home (pdf) - Spanish...
Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG) After a Urodynamic Study
A VCUG helps your child’s doctor learn more about your child’s bladder, ureters and kidneys. This information will help prepare you and your child for a VCUG.
Privacy Policy
The Children's Mercy Hospital (“CMH”) has created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy rights and protection of personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy...
Significant Dates in the History of Children's Mercy
Dr. Alice Berry Graham 1897: Dr. Alice Berry Graham and her sister, Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson, open The Free Bed Fund Association for Crippled, Deformed and Ruptured Children with one bed in a women’s...
COVID-19 Vaccine at Children's Mercy
Children’s Mercy is following the vaccine rollout plans developed by Missouri and Kansas. Get information from our experts about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Children’s Mercy Topeka at Stormont Vail Health
Full-time pediatric subspecialty clinics including cardiology, endocrinology/diabetes and neurology. Children’s Mercy Topeka at Stormont Vail Health offers families world-class pediatric specialty care in...
Inguinal Hernia Surgery
An inguinal hernia in an infant or child is due to a persistent communication with the abdominal cavity. Inguinal (groin) hernias are the most common type of hernia in children. They occur in up to 5% of...
Complex Care Coordination
What is complex care? Children with complex medical conditions face certain risks when undergoing prolonged surgeries such as spinal fusion or involved hip surgeries. This program ensures children with...
Meet Amanda Matthews
Amanda Matthews, Senior Manager of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Reliance Manager, IRB Member, Research and Sponsored Projects Administration (RaSPA), talks about what drew her to her current...
Vaccine Update: Alternative Vaccination Strategies Being Explored for Malaria
Column Author: Yvonne M Carter, MSN, APRN II, FNP-C Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Chief Wellbeing Officer Could a new vaccine for malaria be in the future? A multi-stage...
Vaccine Update: The Impact of Vaccine Hesitancy and Strategies for Mitigation
Column Author: Christine A. Symes, MSN, APRN, CPNP Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Chief Wellbeing Officer Vaccine hesitancy (VH) in pediatrics is complicated and requires a...
Amputation ERAS
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs promote an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to patient care aimed at facilitating faster recovery from surgery, decreasing hospital length of stay...
Malnutrition Scores
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Goals of Therapy
Goals of therapy should be individualized based on clinical picture including underlying etiology and patient response to interventions Midazolam Pentobarbital Ketamine Seizure control (note goal...
Dr. Venkatesh Sampath Receives $2.5 Million NIH Grant to Study Mechanisms Underlying Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Premature Infants
Researchers do not fully understand how necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is caused and some researchers believe that genetic defects in intestinal mucosal barrier function that allow bacteria to invade the...
How to keep brushing your teeth fun
We all know getting your kids to brush their teeth can be a struggle. Despite how challenging it can be, brushing your teeth is an essential part of everyone’s morning and nighttime routine. Telling your...
Johnny's Story
Meet Johnny Johhny posing with newborn photo of himself Parents Tanner and Katerina haven’t been sleeping well. Their youngest, Johnny, is about 2 years old and teething, keeping them up. But Amanda...
Constipation: every parent’s favorite topic
It’s amazing how once you become a parent you begin to realize that talking about poop is just part of everyday conversation. Has your child pooped today? What was the consistency? What was the color?