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Vaccine Update: Special Considerations in Immunization Practices: A Refresher for the New Year

Column Author:   Yvonne M Carter, MSN, APRN II, FNP-C | Nurse Practitioner, Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT       Column Editor: Angela Myers, MD, MPH | Pediatric...

Ethics from the Pediatric Home Care Perspective: Bioethics

Column Authors: Lisa Bailey, BSN, RN, CPN | Children’s Mercy Home Care   Angie Knackstedt, BSN, RN, NPD-BC | Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center Column Editor: Brian Carter, MD |

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...

Evidence Based Strategies: The Spit-Up Never Ends: Managing Infantile GER and GERD

Column Author: Emily Bryan, MD | Pediatric Resident Physician Column Editor: Angela D. Etzenhouser, MD, FAAP | Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University...

What's the Diagnosis: Injured Finger

A previously healthy 3-year-old male presents to Children Mercy’s Emergency Department (ED) due to finger injury. Parents state that patient’s right third fingertip was accidentally shut in a car door...

Link Newsletter - January 2024

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...

Atopic Dermatitis Provider Resources Now Available

Column Author: Rebecca Flynn, Advanced Practice RN III | Division of Dermatology Column Editor: Amita R. Amonker, MD, FAAP | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School...

Visual Diagnosis: Eye Movement

A 4-year-old male is brought to the emergency department by his mother for further evaluation of ear pain and headache.

Modes of Transportation

Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport's ground fleet is comprised of 12 state-of-the-art ambulances designed and equipped especially for our specialty patients.

Order a Diagnostic Test for Radiology

Order a Diagnostic Test for Radiology.

Bacterial Enteritis Treatment and Special Considerations

<!--StartFragment--> Organism  Antibiotic Treatment  Special Considerations  E.coli 0157:H7/  other Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC)  Do not treat  Ensure...

AGE 2024: C. diff

Clostridioides difficile Infection Risk Factors Testing Antibiotic use within the past 10 weeks Prolonged hospitalization (> 7 days) or < 72 hours from discharge following a prolonged hospitalization...

Acute Gastroenteritis: Ondansetron Dosing 2024

<!--StartFragment--> Strength  Patient Weight  Dose  4 mg/5mL oral solution  > 30 kg  8 mg  15.1 to 30 kg  4 mg  8 kg to 15 kg  2 mg  8 mg oral...

Acute Gastroenteritis: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)2024

Background/epidemiology  HUS is a rare but serious sequela to some gastrointestinal infections, most commonly shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC).  HUS occurs in 15% of children < 5 years of age...

Febrile Infant

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...

Sepsis

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...

Refer a Patient to Feeding Services

Conditions treated are Choking/gagging, constipation, decreased appetite, diarrhea, dysphagia, emesis, food aversion, FTT, low weight/weight loss, picky eating, Ready Set Grow, texture sensitivity...

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.

12. Asthma Exacerbations in the Emergency Department or Urgent Care

Asthma exacerbations Asthma exacerbations are a common cause of respiratory distress. When evaluating a patient with respiratory distress thought to be secondary to asthma, a brief history and physical...

ADHD Treatment: Training Interventions

"Behavioral therapy involves training adults to influence the contingencies in an environment to improve the behavior of a child or adolescent in that setting. It can help parents and school personnel...