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Pectus Carinatum: Rogan’s Story

An innovative bracing system – combined with a committed patient and family and a dedicated treatment team – helped achieve full correction of one teen’s pectus carinatum in just one month.

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...

Amoxicillin Allergies - Wise Use of Antibiotics - December 2022

Less than 1% of the population has a true allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin and amoxicillin. Clinicians can ask clarifying questions and refer for allergy testing, if necessary, to...

Bacterial Conjunctivitis … Does It Always Need Antibiotics?: Wise Use of Antibiotics

Column Author & Editor: Rana El Feghaly, MD, MSCI | Director, Clinical Services | Director, Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Program | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine ...

Evidence-Based Strategies for Common Clinical Questions December 2021

As was discussed in last month’s LINK column on evidence-based practice, children are disproportionately affected by secondhand smoke, and this exposure is detrimental to children’s health. The Surgeon...

Medical Imaging Team

Meet the Medical Imaging team at Children's Mercy.

Blood and Marrow Transplant Research

Research today leads to advanced treatment options for children who need transplant in the future. Children’s Mercy leads and participates in research to advance care for rare conditions through our Center...

Managing Your Health

Our goal is to help you learn the skills you need to manage your own health before you become an adult and transition to medical care outside of Children’s Mercy. The process will happen in small steps...

Pediatric Guides

Children’s Mercy specialists have developed guides on constipation, abnormal thyroid, abnormal menstrual patterns, short stature, pediatric obesity and antimicrobial stewardship.

Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect

Pulmonary atresia is when no blood can go from the right ventricle into the lungs. Learn more about how our team provides compassionate and advanced treatments for young hearts.

What to Expect: Getting a Skin Graft

The child life specialists at Children's Mercy have created a guide to help your child prepare and understand what to expect when they come Children's Mercy for a skin graft.

EMS Heroes

Children’s Mercy recognizes and applauds the first responders who work with our patients every day. Read on to find out more about one of our EMS heroes. Ryan Koehler What's your name and current position?

Create a Memorial Page

Celebrate the life of your loved one and give back to help kids at Children's Mercy and beyond.

State-of-the-Art Pediatrics February 2021

Elderberry – Is the Herbal Remedy Safe for Kids? Co-author: Emily J. Goodwin, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician | Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics...

Creating a Community of Support: Advice for parents of kids with a new medical diagnosis

As parents, we plan and prepare for all kinds of things – shopping for baby gear, finding the right school, meal prep, you name it. But one thing most of us are totally unprepared for is how to handle an...

Closed Reduction

Closed reduction, or resetting and restoring the bone alignment, is a procedure in which a trained member of the Orthopedic team will attempt to restore acceptable bone alignment without an incision or any...

Kids behind the wheel (they’re still kids)

My dad taught me to drive in a cemetery. Why? Because there’s no traffic. It’s impossible to get lost. “And you can’t hurt anyone because there aren’t any living people in a cemetery.” Even still, we were...

Evidence-Based Strategies for Common Clinical Questions January 2022