March 21, 2016
Liver Transplant: Improving Outcomes for Medication Adherence
Medication adherence is critical to the long-term health of liver transplant patients. Yet, adjusting to the demands of a complex regimen and coping with the...
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Mercy Tape: Taking the Guesswork Out of Pediatric Weight Estimation
Accurate weight estimates are important because they are used to determine appropriate medication dosage, fluid volumes for resuscitation, breathing tube sizes, and more. But what...
February 29, 2016
Cleft Palate/Adoption Program
At Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Shao Jiang, MD coordinates an international adoption program with China for cleft lip/palate surgeries. The experienced cleft palate/lip and craniofacial...
February 28, 2016
Kernicterus and Bilirubin-induced Neurological Disorders (BIND) Center
About 60% to 80% of newborn Infants in the United States are jaundiced, that is they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage...
February 22, 2016
Preventive Cardiology
For more than a decade, the Preventive Cardiology Clinic at Children’s Mercy has been providing comprehensive evaluation, risk factor counseling and management for children with...
February 22, 2016
EOS and 3D Modeling
Early onset scoliosis (EOS) is a complex and heterogeneous group of disorders in children under 5 years of age. It involves a spectrum of conditions...
February 21, 2016
Double Balloon Enteroscopy
Children’s Mercy is preparing to become one of the few institutions in the country to perform a procedure known as “Double Balloon Enteroscopy” (DBE) for...
February 17, 2016
Thermal Laser Ablation Reduces Risk
Drug-resistant temporal epilepsy can now be treated with minimally invasive Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampectomy (SLAH). This same technology also is being used to treat certain brain...
February 5, 2016
Neonatal/Pediatric Transport: Experience Matters
Typically, less than 10 percent of the patients transported by traditional “adult” transport teams are under the age of 14. Research has shown that outcomes...
