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Physician and Faculty Recruitment Team
Children’s Mercy is a leading independent children’s health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, breakthrough innovation and educating the next generation of caregivers.
Dravet Syndrome: Sebastian's Story
Sebastian receives care for a type of epilepsy called Dravet's Syndrome at Children's Mercy.
Neonatology Review: Isolette to Crib Podcast
Children’s Mercy neonatologists Joti Sharma, MD, and Julie Weiner, DO, discuss neonatal medicine topics to help prepare for boards and provide tiny tips for those who care for the most vulnerable neonates.
Aquatic Therapy
Aquatic therapy uses the healing power of water to accelerate your student-athlete’s rehabilitation and fitness. With three different therapy pools to meet all kinds of needs, Children’s Mercy offers the...
Liver Cancer Treatment
The liver cancer treatment team at Children's Mercy combines the medical and surgical expertise of the Division of Hematology and Oncology with the Liver Care Center. This program provides specialized...
Atopic Dermatitis: Infected - Practical Guidelines to Obtain Skin Cultures
Aerobic Culture Perform hand hygiene. Obtain e-swab. If needed, gently clean affected site with sterile saline on sterile 4x4 gauze pad. Avoid using alcohol to clean specimen site. ...
Chlamydia Trachomatis
Among infants bom to untreated mothers with Chlamydia trachomafis infections, the overall risk of disease is estimated at 50 to 75% and typically involves the mucous membranes of the eye, oropharynx...
Constipation: Rome IV Criteria for Constipation
Neonate/Toddler Child/Adolescent These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different, and those individuals involved in providing...
Cerebral Edema Therapy
Those at increased risk include younger age (<5 y/o), new onset diabetes, and longer duration of symptoms. Additional risk factors at diagnosis or during treatment include - more severe acidosis or very...
Febrile Infants: CSF Studies
Cell count. Bacterial culture. Gram stain. Protein. Glucose. Enterovirus PCR (summer and fall) or evidence of viral meningitis. HSV PCR (if pleocytosis). These pathways do not establish a standard of care...
Decrease Environmental Stimuli
Minimization of environmental stimuli no: Bright lights. Strong smells. Excessive loud noises. Cell phone/text message usage in room. Television usage. Keep patient door closed. Minimal visitation. Level...
Prochlorperazine With or Without diphenhydrAMINE
In the pediatric patient diagnosed with a refractory migraine, is prochlorperazine an effective treatment compared to ketorolac, metoclopramide, sodium valproate, IV magnesium? Plain language summary from...
Myelomeningocele: Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC)
After 24 hours of life, check post void residuals. To check post void residual, perform clean intermittent catheterization immediately after wet diaper. If post void residual is consistently above 20 ml...
Catheter Directed Thrombolysis
tPA 0.1-0.3 mg/kg (max dose 10 mg) bolus followed by 0.01-0.03 mg/kg/hr (max 2 mg/hr) x 24-72 hrs. Administer heparin at 10 units/kg/hr or decrease direct thrombin inhibitor rate by 50%. These pathways do...
Kirby Bauer Testing
In January 2010, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) published new minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) breakpoints for cefazolin against Enterobacteriaceae (Wayne, 2010). These new...
Toddler Tibia Fracture: Inclusion and Exclusion
Inclusion Criteria: Patients aged 1 to 4 years. Not bearing weight. Low energy mechanism, defined as: Fall from standing. Trip and fall Injury at the bottom of a slide. Stable tibial shaft or distal tibia...
AOM – Mild Bulging of Tympanic Membrane (TM)
These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different, and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use...
Lab Follow-Up Processes by Care Setting:
Check for a Confidential Information Note for patient's contact information (found in ad hoc forms). Lab will complete the following steps automatically: Reporting of positive HIV through confirmation...
Vulvar Aphthous
Non-sexually acquired genital ulceration (NSGU) refers to complex aphthous ulcers in genital areas. NSGU occurs more commonly in young women. NSGU may be preceded by flu-like symptoms and is possibly...
he Emergency Medical Services for Children Task Force recommends the following sequence for rapid assessment
“Doorway assessment” of the overall appearance, work of breathing, and perfusion Airway – Is the airway able to be maintained? Breathing – respiratory rate and effort (retractions, grunting, stridor...