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Treatment Options
Hormonal Forms of Treatment Progesterone only method: Norethindrone Acetate 10 mg daily; does not act as contraception; goal is amenorrhea while taking Estrogen & Progesterone method: Sprintec...
Heart Murmurs: Evidence Based Strategies
An estimated 50%-80% of children will have a cardiac murmur at some point in their life, but less than 1% of these murmurs will correlate with serious congenital or acquired heart disease.
Don't Forget About MenB
MenB vaccines have the lowest administration rates of the vaccines available for adolescents in the United States.
Link Newsletter - June 2023
Our June 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...
Concussion Management and Follow-Up
Management and Follow-Up...
Pairing hearing aids
Help you and your child learn how to better utilize your hearing aids. Below you will find resources to different hearing aid companies on how to pair your hearing aids to phones and other Bluetooth...
Children’s Mercy and Ugandan Collaborators Receive NIH Funding to Test a Novel Communication Strategy to Promote HIV Testing
The project “Enhancing communication on relationship preservation, safer conception and PrEP to promote HIV testing,” received a 3-year $632,187 Formative and Pilot Intervention Research for Prevention and...
Suspected Neonatal Conjunctivitis 2023
Neonatal conjunctivitis, also known as ophthalmia neonatorum, should be suspected clinically among neonates (≤ 28 days of age) with both injected conjunctiva and mucopurulent discharge, or among those...
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) Eye Culture Results 2023
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Dacryocystocele 2023
Dacryocystoceles are typically noted shortly after birth and appear as a bluish swelling of the skin overlying the lacrimal sac and superior displacement of the medial canthal tendons. It is recommended...
Swab Affected Eye(s) For Gonorrhea, HSV, and Chlamydia 2023
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Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction 2023
Nasolacrimal duct obstruction is a relatively common congenital abnormality in the neonatal population with a reported incidence ranging from 6 to 20%. Unlike infectious conjunctivitis, nasolacrimal...
Bronchiolitis Feeding
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Albuterol
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Dacrocystitis 2023
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Use of Nebulized Hypertonic Saline
Bronchiolitis Clinical Pathway Committee recommendation: Based on very low quality evidence, a conditional recommendation is made against use of nebulized 3% hypertonic saline (HS) for routine management...
Signs and Symptoms
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Supplemental Oxygen
The Bronchiolitis CPG Committee recommends using supplemental oxygen to maintain an oxygen saturation ≥ 90%, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP, 2006) statement for the care of the patient...
Laboratory Tests and Chest X-rays
The Bronchiolitis CPG Committee recommends not routinely obtaining laboratory tests such as CBC & differential, basic metabolic panel, blood culture, RSV PCR, Flu A&B PCR, or chest x-ray for the infant...
Understanding Health Care Credentials
This list can help you understand some of the most common credentials in health care – the groups of letters after your Children's Mercy team member’s name. Credentials are one indicator of the level...