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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...
Migraine
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...
Alternative Diagnoses
Syncope, convulsive syncope Complicated migraine or migraine with aura Gastrointestinal disorders (reflux) Psychiatric conditions (panic attacks, psychogenic non-epileptic events) Transient ischemic attack...
Link Newsletter - November 2023
Our November 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...
Hyperleukocytosis/Leukapheresis
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...
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
Outpatient Electroencephalogram (EEG)
While 75% of otherwise healthy, typically developing children with a first-time non-febrile seizure will not experience recurrence, 25% of these children may experience another non-febrile seizure. As such...
Dr. Alexandra Prosser Receives Funding to Study Connection Between Ribosome Protein Gene RPL30 and Bone Marrow Failure
Dr. Prosser’s study, “Functional evaluation of a novel RPL30 mutation and its role in Diamond Blackfan anemia: A model for studying ribosomopathies,” aims to describe the functional role of the novel RPL30...
Evaluating Menstrual Regularity in Adolescence
Column Author: Emily Paprocki, DO | Pediatric Endocrinologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Column Editor: Amita Amonker, MD, FAAP| Pediatrics | Pediatric Hospitalist | Division Billing...
Frequently Asked Questions
Will my child have a seizure again? 75% of children will not have any further seizure activity. Could my child die from a seizure? Death after a first-time, unprovoked seizure is very rare. Does brain...
Varberg Lab
About the Team The Varberg laboratory incorporates next-generation sequencing approaches to identify genetic and environmental (epigenetic) factors impacting placental development and function in the...
NBC News: New Tech Helps Doctors Diagnose Rare Genetic Diseases in Kids
NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar went to Children's Mercy Kansas City to get an inside look at cutting edge technology that is helping doctors diagnose children with some of the most rare...
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...
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 |
Wrenley’s Story
Wrenley in car seat Late on August 8, Edo Bedzra, MD, MBA, congenital cardiac surgeon; William Gibson, DO, Surgical Director, Cardiac Transplantation; and James O’Brien, MD, FACS, Co-Director of the Ward...
Donate Goods
Most trips to Children’s Mercy are unplanned and unexpected. This means patients and families arrive without essentials including clothes, toiletries and other comforts of home. And, when a family arrives...