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Healthy Home Consumer and Family Workshops
Healthy Homes workshops are an excellent way to teach your local organization or community partners about the 8 healthy home keep-it principles and I they are important to everyone. Workshops are tailored...
Continuation Of Therapy - Day 5 Forward
Target INR for patient who have completed Day 1 - 4 of the initiation protocol: 2.5 - 3.5 for patients with mechanical /prosthetic valves or recurrent thrombotic events 2 - 3 for ...
Don't Forget About MenB
MenB vaccines have the lowest administration rates of the vaccines available for adolescents in the United States.
High Acuity Readmission Risk Pediatric Screen (HARRPS) Tool
The High Acuity Readmission Risk Pediatric Screen (HARRPS) Tool helps ensure use of evidence-based tools in identification of pediatric patients at risk for readmission.
Food Allergy Patient Family Advisory Council
Mission PFAC Food Allergy Logo The Food Allergy Patient Family Advisory Council will work in partnership with the Children’s Mercy Food Allergy Center staff members to advocate on behalf of parents...
Is my child being bullied?
Children often experience issues at school that go beyond classwork. Kids may have a fight with a friend, or they aren’t sitting by the same group of kids at lunch anymore. While we often worry kids are...
Kidney Transplant: What to Expect
Before surgery: The kidney transplant evaluation Before getting a kidney transplant, you/your child must have a complete evaluation, to make sure you/your child are healthy enough to be transplanted. The...
Wise Use of Antibiotics June 2021
I recently watched an episode of 20/20 featuring children who developed OCD, outbursts and tantrums, seizures, catatonia, and paranoia following a diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis. Some of the...
Initiation and Maintenance
Initiation of enoxaparin therapy: Obtain blood for baseline CBC, PT, PTT. Calculate enoxaparin dose (mg) based on age, weight and indication. See Table 1. Table 1 - Initial Dosing of Enoxaparin...
Pediatric Brain Cancer Research Team/Yadav Lab
About the Lab Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) are the most aggressive pediatric high-grade gliomas and are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children. At present, there are no effective...
Difficult Airway Intubation
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...
Vaccine Update: Reducing the Ouch During Vaccination
Pediatric clinicians are committed to providing recommended vaccines to their patients. But vaccine hesitancy continues to be an obstacle to providing some or all recommended vaccines.
Epilepsy Medications for Children
There are many types of medicines used to treat epilepsy. The choice of which medication to try will depend on your child’s age, type of epilepsy/seizures and health history.
How to know if your child is truly sick
Sometimes kids know when to play the sick card. You may see random bouts of “stomach aches” and saying “I don’t feel good” both before and during school. How do you check to see if kids are really sick, or...
Inside Pediatrics: Season Three
Love has no limits at Children's Mercy. In season three of Inside Pediatrics, follow the amazing stories of children, their families and care team as they tackle medical mysteries, conquer childhood...
Single Ventricle Program
The Single Ventricle Clinic is designed specifically for children and young adults born with single ventricle heart defects who have had the Fontan surgery. What is Fontan surgery? The Fontan procedure is...
Taking the Lead in Pediatric Personalized Medicine
As home to the largest pediatric clinical pharmacology program in North America, Children’s Mercy has led the study of how medicines work in children for more than a decade. Taking that knowledge one step...
Helping Your Child Take Medicine
Learning to take medicine can be hard for kids. Here are some ways to help your child learn: Helping Your Child Take Medicine (PDF) - English Helping Your Child Take Medicine (PDF) - Spanish Pill...
Saneea’s Story
Meet Saneea From the moment Saneea Bevley tore her ACL on April 26, 2019, she had just one goal—get back on the basketball court. After all, basketball is life for this talented 16-year-old who plays point...
Vaccine Update: Reducing the Ouch During Vaccination
Pediatric clinicians are committed to providing recommended vaccines to their patients. But vaccine hesitancy continues to be an obstacle to providing some or all recommended vaccines.