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State of the Art Pediatrics: Pediatric Palliative Care: It’s Palliative Care, not Palliative “Scare"

After attending this year’s American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) Annual Assembly, one of my colleagues brought our team back stickers featuring the phrase “It’s Palliative Care, not...

Constipation

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...

Vaccine Update: The Impact of War on Global Vaccination Rates

War and conflict impact a staggering number of children. A total of 473 million children, or 1 in 6 globally, reside in a region impacted by conflict.1 These areas include Afghanistan, Democratic Republic...

Directions to College Blvd building

Where to go and what to look for so you know you end up in the right place.

Travel History Considerations

History of the Present Illness Symptoms: primary and associated Time of symptom or illness onset (days) in relation to specific potential exposures, return date, and date of consultation Geographic location...

Fever-Causing Diseases with Geographic Area and Incubation Periods

Diseases Geographic Area  Usual Incubation Period  Incubation Period (Range)  Bartonellosis  South America - - Chikungunya  Caribbean, Central America, South America, South-Central...

Spine Stabilization Guidance

In patients with spinal cord injury, with or without radiographic abnormality, maintaining restriction of spinal motion is imperative to preserve and protect the spinal cord. The following segments include...

Autonomic Dysreflexia Signs/Symptoms and Treatment

What to Look For (Signs & Symptoms):  Hypertension (higher than the individual’s baseline) Bradycardia or tachycardia Tachypnea Red or flushed face Sweating above the level of injury Severe...

Adulting 101: Teaching kids about money

Talking to kids about money can be tricky. But learning how money works is important and it’s best to start early. When kids understand saving, spending and earning, they’re more ready for real...

Appendicitis

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...

Myelomeningocele

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...

Behavioral Escalation in the ED

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...

Penicillin Allergy Testing Clinic

Antibiotics in the penicillin family, such as Penicillin VK, Amoxicillin and Augmentin, are often the preferred treatments for many common childhood infections. They tend to have fewer side effects and...

Dr. Tomi Pastinen and Dr. Elin Grundberg Receive Nearly $3.3 million NIH Grant to Study Rare Imprinting Diseases

The study will fill the gap of the understudied area of imprinting diseases by adding new detailed information on human genome variation. An imprinting disease can occur when a gene behaves differently...

Family meetings: A simple way to stay connected

Life gets busy. Between school, sports, work and everything else, it’s easy for families to feel out of sync. That’s where family meetings come in! We talked to a few families in our community to learn how...

Port-A-Cath Prep

What is a port? A port is a tube used to give your body important medicine and to remove small amounts of blood if you need a blood test.  It looks like a button with a soft, squishy center. Some kids...

Asthma Exacerbation

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...

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): Byron’s Story

Byron came to Children’s Mercy with a slight fever. He left with a rare disease diagnosis and a new immune system. Close collaboration between teams led to Byron’s inherited hemophagocytic...

Parenting in the age of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept; it is a part of our daily lives. Whether it is the voice that answers your questions on a smart speaker or the app that recommends your next...

Exclusion Criteria for Observed Oral Dose

  If patient or healthcare setting meet any of the exclusion criteria below, patient should be referred to Allergy Clinic for further evaluation: Patient/family does not give permission Patient is <12...