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Keeping kids safe while safely storing firearms
Conversations about firearms are tough conversations to have with a child. However, gone are the days of only teaching kids about gun safety to keep them safe. Telling your child not to touch a firearm if...
Concussion
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...
Fetal Health Center Patient Family Advisory Council
PFAC-FHC logo Mission The Fetal Health Center Patient Family Advisory Council will work in partnership with the Children’s Mercy staff members to advocate on behalf of families for the best quality...
Hip Dysplasia: Ella's Story
ella outside Seven-year-old Ella is the kind of kid who never sits still. She loves to dance, swim, play softball and soccer, and goof around with her younger brother, Reed. With the help of the hip...
The power of adaptive sports
Staying active benefits all children, but for kids with physical or cognitive differences, sports can be a game-changer for their overall wellness. ...
September
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Children’s Mercy Receives $4 Million from the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation to Improve Health Care Equity
Thanks to this significant grant, Children's Mercy is embarking on a groundbreaking initiative aimed at advancing health care equity by proactively identifying and rectifying gaps in coordination of...
Dr. Scott Younger Receives $3.1 Million NIH R01 Grant to Better Distinguish Genetic Variants that Cause Congenital Birth Defects
Dr. Younger’s project, “Systematic Identification and Phenotypic Characterization of Causal Genetic Variants in Rare Disease-Associated Birth Defects,” looks to distinguish specific genetic variants that...
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...
Bioethics: Addressing the Burdens That Newborn Screening Imposes on Underserved Communities
Newborn screening (NBS) began in the 1960s with testing for phenylketonuria (PKU), which, when identified and treated early, significantly reduces morbidity. While NBS is rightly viewed as a public health...
Everything parents need to know about food allergies
Food allergies are a concern for many parents – especially those of younger children who are being introduced to new foods on a regular basis. But it can be hard to determine what is a food allergy versus...
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.
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Malaria
Many readers will have seen the report of locally acquired malaria in Florida and Texas earlier this year. So, far, a total of eight cases have been identified, seven in Florida (all in Sarasota County)
Evidence Based Strategies: Serum Sickness-Like Reaction
A patient comes to the emergency department with a faint maculopapular rash. He is experiencing joint pain and edema in his left hand and right knee. Upon arrival, he is febrile with a temperature of 38.3...
Link Newsletter - August 2023
Our August 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...
Winning tips for interacting with coaches
If you're raising an adolescent athlete, you're juggling a lot - practice and game schedules, uniform laundry, snacks and hydration, not to mention relationships with your kid's coaches. Managing...
Drs. Nedved, El Feghaly Use Grant to Study Drivers of Health Inequity in Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Infections in Pediatric Urgent Care Clinics
The team’s collaborative is using QI methodology to identify primary drivers of health equity in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and develop, implement, and study the effect of interventions to narrow the...
Meet Kingston
Kingston Morris was born at Children’s Mercy in March 2023, when a team of nearly 30 providers and several departments completed a rare EXIT-to-airway procedure. He has been diagnosed with CHD4...
By bus, by bike, by car...oh my! Get to school safely - no matter how you travel
School is back in session! Ensuring all kids make it to and from school safely is everyone’s responsibility. We recommend sitting down and speaking with your kids this back-to-school season to make sure...
NIH Award Expands Study of Pediatric Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Research, Supports Pathway Towards Increasing Diversity Research
Judith Ikerionwu, assistant clinical research coordinator, is using this supplement award for her project, “Understanding the Barriers in Participant Retention and Efficient Recruitment Methods in the...