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Barton County

Center for Independent Living LINK (620) 792-6600 Developmental Disability Organization Southwest Developmental Services, Inc. (620) 275-7521 Department of Children and Families (DCF) DCF Office Location...

Leavenworth County

Center for Independent Living The Whole Person (913) 871-4188 Developmental Disability Organization Riverside Resources, Inc. (913) 651-6810 Department of Children and Families DCF Office Location for...

Apply for the Pediatric Optometry Residency Program

The Children's Mercy Pediatric Optometry Residency Program is affiliated with the University of Missouri - St Louis College of Optometry. This program uses the Optometry Residency Match (ORMatch). All...

Steven Leeder, PharmD, PhD

J. Steven Leeder, PharmD, PhD, is Deputy Director of the Children's Mercy Research Institute and leads the Precision Therapeutics Area of Emphasis.

6. Asthma Outpatient Management

The following tables are intended to guide clinical management along with other resources in this reference guide. These tables combine EPR and GINA recommendations for the management of asthma. Asthma...

Spine Care Outreach Services

Orthopedic Outreach Clinic in Wichita, Kansas In addition to telemedicine clinics, members of the Spine Care team travel to Wichita, Kansas every three months, providing new evaluations and...

Concussion Treatment

Concussions can happen during almost any sport. If you are concerned that your student-athlete has a concussion, they should be removed from play immediately and seen by a health care professional as soon...

Mental Wellness for Student-Athletes

Children’s Mercy offers a team of sports medicine mental health professionals to help student-athletes cope with the emotional challenges of participating in sports, whether they’re at the top of their game...

Automatic Reflex Aerobic Eye Culture Recommendations

The Conjunctivitis Team along with the Red Book and the Children's Mercy Department of Infectious Diseases recommends eye culture in the low risk group for GC, Chlamydia, and HSV. This recommendation is...

Constipation: RED FLAGS for Underlying Disease Causing Constipation

RED FLAGS to consider: Meconium not passed in first 48 hours as a newborn. Family history of Hirschsprung disease. Blood in the stools with fever. Failure to thrive (chronically low weight for height).

Criteria for Insulin Drip Discontinuation

Discontinue insulin when: Bicarbonate level is ≥17mmol/L. Anion gap is normalized. And/or blood ketones are negative to small.  Once the insulin drip is stopped, discontinue D10NS with additives ...

Dihydroergotamine (DHE)

In the pediatric patient diagnosed with a refractory migraine, what is the efficacy of DHE IV to decrease migraine pain in the Emergency Department? Plain language summary from the office of evidence based...

Triptan

DHE cannot be given if the patient has received triptans with the previous 24 hours (Lexi-Comp, 2016). These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that...

Migraine Therapy in the ED

Guideline inclusion criteria:  Children up to 18 years of age. Physical exam normal. History consistent with primary headache. Guideline exclusion criteria: Abnormal physical exam normal. History...

Myelomeningocele: Antibiotics

UTI prophylaxis if any hydronephrosis on renal US: Amoxicillin 20 mg/kg/dose enterally once a day. Cephalexin 20 mg/kg/day either once or divided twice a day. If patient is NPO the IV equivalents are...

High Dose Systemic Thrombolysis

tPA 0.1-0.6 mg/kg/hr x6 hrs Adult dosing for pts >16 yrs and > 60 kg: Alteplase 100 mg over 2 hrs IV (if no concurrent anticoagulation therapy). These pathways do not establish a standard of care to...

Shock

Shock is defined as use of vasoactive agents such as: -Epinephrine/norepinephrine, dopamine, dobutamine, milrinone, nitroprusside.

Nonviable Tissue

Children’s Mercy obtained permission to use this picture for educational purposes. These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is...

Toddler Tibia Fracture: Evidence Supporting 3rd View

Noe, M. C., Jarka, D. E., Sinclair, M. K., & Grote, C. W. (2025). Toddler’s fracture: an updated guide on evaluation and management. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B, 34(2), 193-197. Tenenbein...

Sepsis

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...