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Training Program Newsletter
Get the latest information about our internship program, learn about former trainees, and get to know our training staff through the training newsletter. Training newsletter: 2020-2021 Training newsletter...
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Faculty
The goal of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship is to give fellows comprehensive training to establish a successful clinical career. Our staff also provides clinical and didactic training is intended...
Academic Curriculum Pediatric Dentistry Residency
Pediatric Dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with...
Child Neurology Residency - How to Apply
The Child Neurology training program at Children's Mercy accepts three residents per year. We are a categorical program; therefore, two years of pediatrics training and three years of child neurology...
Preceptors
PGY1/PGY2 Preceptors Adjunct Clinical Professor – UMKC School of Pharmacy Tracy Sandritter, Pharm.D., BCPPS tlsandritter@cmh.edu Emergency Medicine Ibad Siddiqi, Pharm.D. irsiddqi@cmh.edu General...
What's the Diagnosis? June 2022
A 16-year-old female is directly admitted from a referring hospital for further evaluation and management of an abnormal chest radiograph. The patient has had fevers for the past two weeks with associated...
What's the Diagnosis? June 2021
A previously healthy, 12-month-old female presents with a rash. Parents first noticed red papules and vesicles on her trunk two days ago which have now spread in a clustered pattern to her face, back and...
Wide World of Vaccines August 2021
I recently watched an episode of 20/20 featuring children who developed OCD, outbursts and tantrums, seizures, catatonia, and paranoia following a diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis. Some of the...
Wide World of Vaccines April 2021
I recently watched an episode of 20/20 featuring children who developed OCD, outbursts and tantrums, seizures, catatonia, and paranoia following a diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis. Some of the...
Wide World of Vaccines May 2022
I recently watched an episode of 20/20 featuring children who developed OCD, outbursts and tantrums, seizures, catatonia, and paranoia following a diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis. Some of the...
Testicular Torsion - Evidence Based Strategies - July 2022
Details on initial history and physical presentation can help identify testicular torsion and avoid impaired testicular function.
Heat-Related Illness - Hot Topics - August 2022
During summer months, heat-related illness in children is a significant medical concern. While heat stroke is the extreme of heat-related illnesses, many other medical conditions are seen in hot and humid...
Acute Chest Syndrome: Reference List
Chou, S. T., Alsawas, M., Fasano, R. M., Field, J. J., Hendrickson, J. E., Howard, J., Kameka, M., Kwiatkowski, J. L., Pirenne, F., Shi, P. A., Stowell, S. R., Thein, S. L., Westhoff, C. M., Wong, T. E., &...
Acute Chest Syndrome: Prepare for Exchange Transfusion
Prepare for exchange transfusion in the PICU if pt. presents with severe or rapidly progressing Acute Chest Syndrome or Hgb>10 gm/dL: Alert PICU and pheresis team Automated RBC exchange preferred Labs...
Acute Chest Syndrome: Definition
A patient with sickle cell disease who has a new infiltrate on CXR, in addition to at least one of the following: chest pain, fever, hypoxia or respiratory symptoms (shortness of breath, wheezing...
Shunts (Neurosurgical): Infection and Malfunction
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...
Short Stature
What is short stature? Short stature is a term used to describe a child who has not grown as tall as most other boys or girls their age. While short stature is somewhat subjective, it’s typically defined as...
Clubfoot
Learn about clubfoot, a congenital foot deformity, and its causes and treatment options at Children's Mercy Kansas City.
Update on the Role of Allergy in Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders: A Clinical Perspective
Many studies show that a relationship exists between functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) and food allergies. In this article, Craig Friesen, MD, Jennifer Colombo, MD, and Jennifer Schurman, PhD...
Fibrinolysis as a Treatment for Empyema
Children's Mercy research shows how raising the threshold for surgical intervention and utilizing further nonoperative measures can avoid an operation in most children without increasing in-hospital length...