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New NIH Supplement Awards Expand Study of Asthma in African American Children
The project studies the potential links of chronic stress to biological (epigenomic) changes in immunity impacting asthma risk and morbidity in African American children.
Tarak Srivastava Q&A
Tarak Srivastava, MD, FASN, is a pediatric nephrologist and researcher at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. He runs a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Nephrology Research Laboratory and is actively...
February
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Dravet Syndrome: Tenley's Story
Tenley is a people-loving 10-year-old who adores roller coasters, swimming and cheerleading. “She’s definitely something,” Tenley’s mom, Hollie, laughed. “That crazy red hair will get you!” Tenley...
2023
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Marijuana edibles: Staying safe around kids
With the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Missouri, we are seeing more children accidently consume marijuana edibles. As these foods often look like your everyday treats—cookies...
Angelman Syndrome: Maddie's Story
Four-year-old Maddie loves cheese and fruit snack gummies, being right in the middle of the action, and playing with her twin sister, Kellie, and older brother, Colin. When she was diagnosed with Angelman...
New award from CDC aims to determine respiratory virus burden in schools
The funded project is “Epidemiology of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Respiratory Viruses and Evaluation of COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in K-12 Schools.”
Genital Ulcers (Painful, Aphthous) in Females
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...
Doxycycline for treatment of chlamydia
Changing treatment recommendations for Chlamydia trachomatis from single dose azithromycin to 7 days of treatment with doxycycline has opened the door of adherence concerns for young adult and adolescent...
Kidney Transplant Program Volumes and Outcomes
The Children's Mercy multidisciplinary team works with referring physicians before, during and after a kidney transplant to ensure effective continuity of care for pediatric transplant recipients and...
Vulvar Aphthous
Non-sexually acquired genital ulceration (NSGU) refers to complex aphthous ulcers in genital areas. NSGU occurs more commonly in young women. NSGU may be preceded by flu-like symptoms and is possibly...
Funding from American College of Radiology Will Help Advance Children's Mercy Research on Diagnosing Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
The funded project is “Multicenter Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Bowel Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC).”
Clubfoot
The Ponseti method of clubfoot management has become the standard of care worldwide. One of the important distinctions of his method was a series of weekly casting followed by a prolonged bracing phase...
Measles Outbreaks
In 2021, an estimated record high of 24.7 million children worldwide missed their first dose of measles-containing vaccine, with another 14.7 million missing their second.3 Officials are now calling measles...
Intracranial Infections
Pediatric brain abscesses, epidural empyemas and subdural empyemas are rare, serious infections always requiring hospitalization. They often occur as sequelae of less life-threatening infections of the...
Powering Children’s Potential Video Series
Paul Kempinski, Children’s Mercy President and CEO, talks with leaders and team members about what Children’s Mercy is doing to unleash the greatness of every child.
Visual Diagnosis
A 2-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his mother for six days of fever with a maximum temperature of 103 F. See if you can select the best alternative to amoxicillin suspension for...
FDA Approved Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different, and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use...