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Visual Diagnosis: Drowning
10-month-old male evaluated after drowning event at neighborhood pool.
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Parapertussis
Bordetella parapertussis was recently detected from clinical specimens submitted to the microbiology laboratory at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. Unlike many respiratory infections, summer infections with...
High Flow Nasal Cannula Holiday
This algorithm is part of the Children's Mercy High Humidity/High Flow Nasal Cannula Administration policy. Refer to policy for more information. These pathways do not establish a standard of care...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
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...
Vacation Time! Time for Travel Vaccines
An important aspect to staying safe and healthy during international travel is to ensure that all appropriate travel vaccines have been given. Clinicians should make sure that patients are current on...
Evidence-Based Management of Pediatric Obesity: Highlights of the New AAP Clinical Practice Guideline
The most up-to-date evidence to guide obesity screening, treatment and referral.
Bioethics: When Our Patients End Up Elsewhere
This article addresses how clinicians can stay connected to patients when they are hospitalized at another institution due to lack of space or other reasons.
Bladder Reconstruction and Mitrofanoffs ERAS
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways promote an evidence based, multidisciplinary approach to patient care aimed at facilitating faster recovery from surgery, decreasing hospital length of stay...
Obesity Guidelines
Children's Mercy doctor Sarah Hampl is the lead author on a new set of clinical practice guidelines on childhood obesity.
Link Newsletter - January 2023
Our January issue features the latest news and updates on pediatric care from Children's Mercy clinicians. We want to hear from you! Do you have ideas, questions or suggestions for future articles in The...
What's the Diagnosis - December 2022
A 4-year-old male presents with two days of fever, headaches and increasing somnolence. On arrival to the hospital, he is actively seizing and requires intubation. Although he is sedated and intubated, his...
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...
Peds Guide References
PedsGuide App References Asthma Atopic Dermatitis Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE) Diabetes/Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) Febrile Infant Resuscitation Global Institute for Asthma, Global Strategy for...
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...
Pediatric Thromboembolism Review - State-of-the-Art Pediatrics - November 2022
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an increasingly diagnosed condition in the pediatric population that the general pediatrician should be aware of, particularly for hospitalized patients, who are at higher...
Neuromuscular Patients Undergoing Major Orthopedic Surgery ERAS
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs promote an evidence based, multidisciplinary approach to patient care aimed at facilitating faster recovery from surgery, decreasing hospital length of stay...
Certificate Program Scholarship Application
Scholarship application for students from developing countries for the Pediatric Bioethics Certificate Program at Children's Mercy Kansas City.
ADHD Assessment: Options for Assessing Functional Impairment
Options for assessing functional impairment: History Vanderbilt items: Parent Scale Questions (48-55)* Teacher Scale Questions (36-43)* Impairment Rating Scale *Children’s Mercy providers may access these...
14. Asthma Management in the PICU
The definition of status asthmaticus can vary but is primarily defined by an extreme asthma exacerbation that is non-responsive to initial bronchodilator therapy with hypoxemia, hypercarbia, subsequent...
Delayed Treatment Option
In children greater than 8 weeks with suspected bacterial conjunctivitis, is delayed treatment a valid option? We RECOMMEND based on low quality evidence consideration for delayed treatment or delayed...