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CARE Workshops
Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) Workshops CARE Workshops were developed for parents and caregivers of youth ages 2-18 who have experienced stressful or traumatic events in their lives, children...
Fast Facts
This pathway is intended for the use of heparin for therapeutic (not prophylactic) indications. This pathway is not intended for heparin use to maintain patency of arterial or central venous catheters or...
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
When critical cardiac support is needed, children and their families can rely on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Children's Mercy. The 24-bed specialized inpatient unit provides round-the-clock...
Ear Tubes
Did you know your child can still get ear infections with ear tubes? The infection will look different. You should see drainage coming out of their ear(s). It will be a liquid that looks like mucus or...
AOM – Otitis Externa
Otitis externa (“swimmer’s ear”) is inflammation of the external ear canal leading to severe otalgia and tenderness to palpation. Erythema, edema, drainage, and pruritis may be present. It is often preceded...
Family Advisory Board Accomplishments
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Identified Areas of Focus: Selected key areas of focus including Access and Wait Times, Emergency Department Experience, and Care...
CPAP Care Program
Many children in our care use a CPAP machine to help regulate their breathing during sleep. CPAP stands for "continuous positive airway pressure" therapy. A CPAP machine has a tube that connects to...
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Our NICU Faculty and Fellows Meet the NICU Team How to Apply Our NICU As the region’s only top ranked Level IV NICU, we provide the highest level of care every day to more than 80 fragile newborns. We...
Neonatology
When your newborn needs advanced care, trust the neonatology team at Children’s Mercy to provide the highest level of care in the region. With the region’s only top-level (Level IV) NICU and partnerships...
Pediatric Ethics Fellowship
Our Bioethics Center Faculty and Fellows Meet the Bioethics Team How to Apply Children’s Mercy is one of the country’s premier free-standing independent pediatric medical centers. We are consistently...
Language Assistance Filipino
Sumusunod ang Children’s Mercy sa mga naaangkop na Pederal na batas sa karapatang sibil at hindi nandidiskrimina batay sa lahi, kulay, bansang pinagmulan, edad, kapansanan o kasarian. PAUNAWA: Kung...
Language Assistance Swahili
Children’s Mercy ametimiza mahitaji ya sheria za serikali kuu na hana ubaguzi wa kikabila, rangi, asili, umri, ilemavu ama jinsia. KUMBUKA: Ikiwa unazungumza Kiswahili, unaweza kupata, huduma za lugha...
Faculty - Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship
Program Director Kimberly C. Hartman, MD, MHPE Director, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine...
Research Annual Report
The CMRI annual report highlights our translational research efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of children. It also showcases our partnerships with researchers, clinicians, patients, their...
Appendicostomy
An appendicostomy is a surgery that is performed allowing a child to receive an enema through their belly button or abdomen. The goal of the surgery is to make the enema process easier on everyone and work...
Student DNA Decoding Challenge
The lights of the Children’s Mercy Research Institute aren’t just another beautiful addition to the skyline of Kansas City. The lights of the CMRI building are a design based on DNA sequences and...
Faculty - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship is designed to equip trainees with the skills and attitudes required to be life-long learners, effective teachers of families and other members of the health care...
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...
Pediatric Radiology
Description: This elective is broken up into morning and afternoon tasks. These will include observing technologists obtain imaging studies, observing radiologists interpret and report studies, generating...
Welcome to motherhood: Tips to adjust to life with a little one
Becoming a mom is a big change filled with joy, challenges and lots of special moments. In honor of Mother's Day, we asked moms to think back on their motherhood journeys and share some helpful tips on...