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Most trips to Children’s Mercy are unplanned and unexpected. This means patients and families arrive without essentials including clothes, toiletries and other comforts of home. And, when a family arrives...
Abdominal Pain for Community Providers Care Process Model
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...
Celebrating uniqueness in children: A parent's guide
Explore ways of celebrating uniqueness in children. Teach them to embrace differences and build a positive self-image from an early age.
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Dr. Adam Whiteley Receives Grant to Study ECMO Consent Process
Dr. Whiteley plans to learn more about the parental experience during ECMO treatment of pediatric patients to determine the best approach for the consent process.
Clinical Pathways: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Care Process Models, and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathways
Children's Mercy Clinical Pathways are informed by systematic review of current pediatric health care literature and includes risk/benefit assessment of alternative care options.
Pericardial Effusion
Clinical Pathways promote evidence-based, safe, and high-value patient care by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees...
Medication Contraindications
NSAIDs Confirmed drug allergy Recent peptic ulcer/GI bleeding Concomitant anticoagulant at high bleed risk (may pause prophylactic aspirin while on NSAIDs) < 6 months of age Colchicine Confirmed drug...
Pharmacologic Recommendations
Initial Size of Effusion Follow-up Size of Effusion Initial Management Continuing Management Small Resolved NSAID Discontinue NSAID Wean diuretic Small Unchanged NSAID Continue NSAID Add steroid Assess...
Co-parenting: Helping kids thrive after divorce
Explore co-parenting tips that ensure your child feels loved and secure, even during the challenges of divorce.
Telehealth Virtual Visits
For Telehealth Patient Home visits, you use your own computer, tablet or smart phone from home to join a video visit with your provider. This video visit happens through Epic MyChart. Follow the steps below...
Total Hip Replacement ERAS
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs promote an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to patient care that facilitates faster recovery from surgery...
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery
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Pediatric Bioethics: Representation of Medicine in the Media - Impact of The Pitt
The hit television series The Pitt depicts the lives of health care professionals in a Pittsburgh trauma center’s emergency department in “real time” over the course of one shift. The show has received...
Mental Health: Tic and Tourette Disorders - Course, Prognosis and Approach for Pediatric Practice
Tic disorders, including Tourette syndrome (TS), are common childhood neurodevelopmental conditions. Tics are sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic movements or vocalizations. When multiple motor tics and...
The Link - February 2026
Our February issue features the latest news and updates on pediatric care from Children's Mercy clinicians. The Link - February 2026 Evidence Based Strategies: Systemic JIA - Early Recognition...
Visual Diagnosis: Acquired Lighter Patches
A 6-year-old boy presents for evaluation of light-colored patches on the skin. Approximately one year ago, his parents noticed a lighter patch on the left side of his neck as well as a similar area behind...
Evidence Based Strategies: Systemic JIA - Early Recognition to Improve Outcomes
Persistent fever without a clear source is one of the most challenging presentations in pediatrics. For some children, this fever represents systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA), a diagnosis that...
Meet Darlene Brenson-Hughes
Darlene Brenson-Hughes, CCRC, Clinical Research Coordinator II, Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, talks about what drew her to her current research career, her career goals, and much more.