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Tristyn's Story
Defying the odds and living a full life Twelve year-old Tristyn wasn’t supposed to live past age 4. She was born with several of her organs outside of her body, and her intestines were severely damaged due...
Understanding Soft Tissue Infection
Skin infections, also called cellulitis, are caused when bacteria enters a cut, tear, or scrape on your skin. It can occur when your finger or hand is cut or crushed, such as being shut in a door or...
Autism and/or Developmental Delay: Finding Best Fit Developmental Intervention Center
Factors to consider for identifying a family’s best fit clinical center: Geography. It is almost always ideal for families to receive their intervention service locally, with a preference for staying...
Getting a Joint Injection or Joint Aspiration
Read the steps your child will take when getting a joint injection or aspiration at Children's Mercy.
What to Expect: Nephrology Department
Partnering with kids and teens as they grow In addition to professional partnerships, our team takes pride in truly getting to know the children and families in our care. Those close relationships, along...
Teaching kids about helping others
It’s that time of year… when our kids are making their lists and checking them twice. Full of wishes for the best new toy or the coolest new shoes. But it’s also the time of year when many parents begin to...
Acute Pain Service
Members of the pain management team work with children who are staying in the hospital through a variety of ways including: Our Anesthesiology Pain Service provides expertise in pain management...
PICU Collaboration Drives Outcomes for Complex Cases
The best of both worlds Bradley Warady, MD, Division Director of Pediatric Nephrology, shares how synergies between nephrology and intensive care unit teams are improving Acute Kidney Injury care Any...
Cerebral Palsy Family Education Day
Meet with families and have direct access to our clinicians, local vendors, parent panels, a national speaker and fun activities for the whole family.
When is the time to talk about puberty?
Puberty. We all go through it. It was a strange time for most of us and it’s still a strange time for most kids today. We can help our kids feel empowered with the knowledge to make this strange period of...
Abstract: Assessment of the glycemia risk index as metric for evaluating quality of glycemia in youths with type 1 diabetes
E.M. Tallon1, K. Panfil1, C.A. Vandervelden1, B. Lockee1, D.D. Williams1, M. Barnes1, S. Patton2, C. Schweisberger1, R. McDonough1, D. Klonoff3, M. Clements1 1Children’s Mercy, Endocrinology, Kansas City...
Wise Use of Antibiotics: Oral Cephalosporins for UTIs
Cephalosporins are considered first-line antibiotics for treating pediatric urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, not all cephalosporins are created equal, and strategic marketing of non-inferiority...
Jack and Geoff's Story
Meet Jack and Geoff Geoff and Jack Jack with Kidney donor dad There are 100,000+ people waiting for a kidney transplant in the United States...and many more potential donors who could give a...
School resources for children with mental health needs
Most schools have staff members who are trained and equipped to help kids with mental and behavioral health issues that affect their ability to learn. Consider reaching out to the following professionals...
Ear, Nose and Throat
Ear, nose and throat providers If you have commercial insurance, Medicare and Medicaid managed care plans or other state Medicaid insurance programs, you should ask about a list of in-network providers. If...
Visual Diagnosis: Constipation
A 5-year-old female with a pertinent history of constipation presents to the emergency department for abdominal pain.
Epilepsy Fellowship
Our Epilepsy Center Faculty and Fellows How to Apply Fellowship overview The Epilepsy Fellowship at Children's Mercy Kansas City aims to provide the fellow with the educational, clinical and research...
Mental Health: Grace and Nate's Story
Children’s Mercy is committed to caring for every aspect of children’s health — physical, mental, emotional and behavioral. As we continue to shed light on the importance of mental health care and...
Pediatric Tracheostomy and Home Ventilation Clinic
At the Pediatric Tracheostomy and Home Ventilation Clinic at Children’s Mercy, you can see all your child’s tracheostomy (trach tube) specialists in one place.
Opioid Overdose Reversal Medication
Naloxone (Narcan®) is an emergency medication to use to reverse an opioid overdose. Anyone can save a life during an opioid overdose with naloxone. Giving someone naloxone won’t hurt them, so don’t...