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Study Finds Female Babies with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Have Slightly Higher Risk of Death

A Johns Hopkins Children Center study using medical records from an international registry concludes that female babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are slightly more likely to die within 30 to 60 days of birth than male ...

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Ketogenic Diet Becomes Life-saving Treatment for 4-Year-Old Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Patient with Epilepsy, Doctors Say

Amelia Lavenski is a 4-year-old girl from Anne Arundel County, Maryland, who has a bright personality and loves laughing and Mickey Mouse.

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Blood Press Cuffs: The Right Fit is Crucial

An accurate measurement of blood pressure (BP) is crucial when it comes to screening, diagnosing and treating hypertension, the leading cause of heart disease worldwide.

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Johns Hopkins Children’s Center-Led Initiative Successfully Reduces Blood Culture Rates Among Critically Ill Children Two Years Later

Children in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are typically among the sickest patients in the hospital. For physicians everywhere, testing and ordering routine blood draws is an important part of making a diagnosis.

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Study Finds Delayed ACL Surgery May Be Safe for Adults, Less So for Children

A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of medical records concludes that delaying surgical treatment of the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, in some children is associated with a higher risk of new tears in the meniscus and cartilage ...

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A Remarkable Milestone

It was Valentine’s Day last year when David and Molly Mills learned, with great delight, that she was pregnant.

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Johns Hopkins Medicine Publishes New Edition of ‘Pediatrics Bible’

The 23rd edition of The Harriet Lane Handbook — a widely used, pocket-size reference book known as the “bible of pediatrics” for physicians around the world— is now available.

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Study Finds First Woman Possibly Cured of HIV

According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), nearly 38 million people worldwide — approximately 50% of whom are women — live with HIV, including an estimated 1.2 million people in the United States. Antiviral medicine, ...

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Pediatric Nephrologist Jeffery Fadrowski Elected to International Council

Jeffrey Fadrowski, a pediatric nephrologist and an associate professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, has been elected to the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) council.

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Pranita Tamma Honored for Antimicrobial Resistance Research

Pranita Tamma, M.D., M.P.H., pediatric infectious diseases specialist and researcher and associate professor of pediatrics, has been awarded the seventh annual Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research from Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Addressing Disparities in Access to Children’s Mental Health Care – Notes from AACAP Annual Meeting

Andrea Young, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and assistant dean for graduate biomedical education and graduate student diversity at the Johns Hopkins University School of ...

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Johns Hopkins Study Examines Potential Link Between Household Air Pollution from Biomass Stoves and Low Birthweight in Newborns

According to the Health Effects Institute, more than three billion people around the world cook on open fires using solid fuels — or biomass — such as wood, dung, charcoal and agricultural waste. These types of stoves are not commonly ...

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Study Advances Search for Biological Markers that Predict Risk of Postpartum Depression

A federally funded study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers discovered that communication among cells is altered in pregnant women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) after giving birth.

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Infantile Spasms Video Perspectives

Eric Kossoff, director of the child neurology residency program and professor of neurology and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses screening, diagnosing and treating infantile spasms. According to Kossoff, infantile spasms ...

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Center for Music and Medicine Expanding into Other Areas

In the fall of 2021, the Center for Music and Medicine hired Johns Hopkins’ first on-staff music therapist, Kerry Devlin, and a postdoctoral fellow who is trained as a neurological music therapist, Kyurim Kang. They’ve worked with patients ...

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John Gearhart Honored for Care of Children with Birth Defects

John Gearhart, M.D., professor of pediatrics and urology, has been awarded the Chaim Medical Resource Token of Appreciation for the care of children with complex birth defects, in the United States and abroad. The award was presented during ...

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Dedicated to Treating Pediatric Esophageal and Airway Conditions

Johns Hopkins’ multidisciplinary model promises consistent long-term care and improved outcomes.

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Fetal Therapy at the Highest Level

Johns Hopkins specialists employ a range of innovative procedures to overcome life-threatening conditions and increase the odds of a healthy delivery.

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Johns Hopkins Medicine Study Shows Hospitalized Children Can Safely Start Physical Rehabilitation in ICU

Following a severe illness or injury, getting a pediatric patient up and moving is important to overall recovery. However, this isn’t typically part of the patient’s care plan, as clinicians are often concerned about the safety of starting ...

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A Vision for Growth in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Sapna Kudchadkar started her pediatrics residency at Johns Hopkins planning to be a general pediatrician. Then she began her rotations in the pediatric intensive care unit and operating rooms — and found her calling.

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An Ambitious New Research Model for the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center

Imagine a “biological pacemaker,” a simple injection that stimulates the heart to create its own healthy version of the cells that regulate rhythm. This is the groundbreaking work Hee Cheol Cho brings to the newly created position of director ...

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Johns Hopkins Pediatric Clinics Honored for Improvements in Child Health Impacted by COVID-19

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’s Harriet Lane Clinic and the Children’s Medical Practice at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center were selected as winners of the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration Promoting Pediatric Primary ...

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Study at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Suggests Convalescent Plasma is Safe COVID-19 Treatment for High Risk Children

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a prospective study of 14 infants and children demonstrated that convalescent plasma was safe in high risk children infected with or exposed to the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19.

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Persistence Improves Prognosis for a Toddler

Initially, Jagger Payne’s parents thought their 15-month-old son had a urinary tract infection because his urine smelled off and he hadn’t eaten much for two days. His father took him to their local emergency room, where an ultrasound ...

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Carl Stafstrom Honored with American Epilepsy Society’s Founders Award

Carl Stafstrom, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of neurology and pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology, has received the American Epilepsy Society’s 2021 Founders Award, one of the organization’s most prestigious honors.

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Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Named Center of Excellence for Pediatric Pancreas Care

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has been nationally recognized as an approved National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) Center of Excellence for the care and treatment of pancreatitis. The Children’s Center is one of 16 pediatric medical centers ...

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A Clinic for Young Adults with Kidney Disease

Research published in Nephrology in May 2015 showed that young adult clinics help patients develop coping mechanisms and derive psychosocial benefits such as optimism.

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Interview: John Campo, Director of the Division for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Has the impact of the coronavirus triggered an increase in suicide attempts and deaths among children and adolescents? John Campo discusses this and other issues during National Suicide Prevention Month.

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Reducing Readmissions for Nephrotic Syndrome

A multicenter collaborative care bundle aims to standardize treatment to keep children out of the hospital due to recurring complications of this kidney disease.

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The Complexity of Cloacal Exstrophy

Isaac adds another unique case to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’s deep experience in managing one of the most severe birth defects.

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Interview: The Impact of Racism on Children’s Health

Adolescent-medicine specialist Maria Trent, academic pediatrics fellow Monique Jindal and education specialist Cheri Wilson discuss how bias and racism affect children’s health and what pediatricians can do.

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What Was Underlying a Young Dancer’s Painful but Seemingly Simple Knee Injury?

Rania with her mom, Shabina Ahmed, is back to dancing after treatment for complex regional pain syndrome.

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Tyona’s Team Takes on MIS-C

COVID-19 and a related potentially lethal inflammatory disorder was hardly the gift this Baltimore teen wished for on her 18th birthday.

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Erica Hodgman Follows a Mother’s Footsteps

In ways, Hodgman has wedded her own vision as a physician with her mother’s experience as a savior of sorts for young patients. After medical school at Emory University, it influenced Hodgman’s choice to pursue treating children, and surgery ...

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Home Is Where the Heart Is

By bringing the stethoscope to the home, pediatric cardiologist Reid Thompson aims to reduce unnecessary hospital visits and echocardiography for patients with suspected heart murmur.

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A ‘Game changer’ Grant for Managing a Mystifying SARS-CoV-2 Related Disease

Johns Hopkins investigators awarded $4.8 million by the National Institutes of Health to design predictive models for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

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Reducing Readmissions for Nephrotic Syndrome

A multicenter collaborative care bundle aims to standardize treatment to keep children out of the hospital due to recurring complications of this kidney disease.

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Pediatric Pulmonologist Lori Vanscoy Drops Anchor at Johns Hopkins

Experience stimulated her research interests in genetic modifiers of CF lung disease and the causes of variation in response to cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator drugs.

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Organ Transplant Surgeon Betsy King

Organ transplant surgeon Betsy King says she cannot pinpoint when during her childhood outside Chicago that she first wanted to be a surgeon. But for sure, she says, her parents were strong influences.

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Childhood Obesity, A Focus on Hypertension

The multidisciplinary ReNEW clinic addresses the needs of children facing the cardiovascular comorbidities of obesity, including hypertension and heart disease.

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A Surgical Solution for Children with Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis or Chronic Pancreatitis

Removal of the pancreas followed by transplantation of the insulin producing islet cells into the liver are shown to avoid lifelong pain and diabetes.

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The Heart Historian

Ari Cedars knew studying history was in his future — but he didn’t know it would be history related to the mysteries of congenital heart disease.

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From One Visionary to Another

Shelby Kutty, Director of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology at Johns Hopkins, named prestigious “Feigenbaum Lecturer” by the American Society of Echocardiography.

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Straightening the Curve

Growing up with only one lung and severe scoliosis, teen golfer Nicholas “Nick” Sheridan reveals an unbending spirit.

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New center at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center provides lifelong care for patients born with congenital heart disease.

A new center at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center dedicated to the management of infants, children and young adults with all forms of heart disease builds on a long history of advancements in pediatric cardiac surgery dating back some 75 years.

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Was It Crohn’s or Something Else?

When pediatric gastroenterologists could not determine the underlying cause of their patient’s intractable Crohn’s disease, they turned to a hematologist for answers.

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New Faculty Members - Pediatrics

The Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is pleased to welcome the new faculty members.

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Johns Hopkins Appoints New Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Bret Mettler is named new director and co-director of the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center.

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Johns Hopkins Appoints New Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Bret Mettler will serve as the new director of pediatric cardiac surgery and as co-director of the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center.

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Innovations for Children with Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis

A Johns Hopkins clinician-researcher is studying how to maximize the benefit of steroids while minimizing damage to growing bone. Here, an image shows bone tissue affected by osteoporosis.

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Coronavirus in Babies and Children

With all the sobering news about the new coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease the virus causes, worried moms and dads can feel better about one detail: At present, the disease seems to be much milder in babies and children.

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An EMU for Children

A new epilepsy monitoring unit at Johns Hopkins incorporates decades of experience and technological advances of an all-ages unit into one designed for pediatric patients only.

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Pediatric Diabetes Care Now in Bethesda

The parents knew of Johns Hopkins reputation and learned through the medical community that pediatric endocrinologist Sandra Salsberg “came highly recommended.” She and the clinic staff, the parents found, treated them like members of the care team.

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A Novel Approach for a Rare Esophageal Disorder

A collaboration between a pediatric surgeon and an endoscopic specialist results in an optimal outcome for a teen with severe achalasia.

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Pediatric Surgeon Shaun Kunisaki

Stem cell scientist, pediatric thoracic specialist, and associate chief for strategy and integration discusses the newly established esophageal center at Johns Hopkins and research initiatives.

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Expanding Access for Children with Sleep Issues

A sleep clinic like this raises more awareness and gets pediatricians on the lookout for the atypical symptoms associated with sleep disorders.

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Exploring Theranostics for Children

Theranostics is happening in cancer care and nanotechnology, but it is totally unexplored in the pediatric setting. We have a wide open field in which it can be applied in cancer treatments for children, and in vascular and cardiac care.

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Child Psychiatrist Chris Hammond On Treating Opioid Addiction

Child psychiatrist Christopher Hammond has been engaged in youth addiction research and clinical work for the past ten years. As a clinician, he focuses on treating both the addiction and co-occurring psychiatric disorders in adolescents and young adults.

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Pediatrician Maria Trent On Sexual Health Awareness

During sexual health awareness month, Maria Trent, president of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, discusses how pediatricians and parents can help teens better understand the issues surrounding their sexual health.

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Children with Diabetes Find a Camp They Can Count on at Camp Charm City Diabetes

Camp Charm City Diabetes, a five-day camp nestled on the campus of The Johns Hopkins University and hosted and founded by the Johns Hopkins Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association.

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New Clinic Focuses on Early Detection and Treatment of Newborn Hearing Loss

Delayed diagnosis of newborn hearing loss can dramatically impact speech and language development.

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From Baltimore to Brazil, Child Life Shares Practices

I wish every country could have child life, because it meets psychosocial needs that other disciplines just don’t have the time, education or training to provide - Nilu Rahman

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Improving Neonatal and Maternal Mortality in Southeast Asia

Johns Hopkins has been using education as a means to improve neonatal and maternal mortality rates in Southeast Asia.

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Chief Informatics Officer Philip Spevak

As the first chief informatics officer at the Children’s Center, Spevak hopes he can help ease some of the information overload that so many physicians, patients and families experience.

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Sheela Magge, Seeing Endocrinology Patients as a Whole

By addressing all their needs, not just those that endocrinologists typically focus on, we’re hoping to make a positive impact for the rest of their lives.

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Q&A: Neonatologist Christopher Golden

Listening and empathy are among the qualities found in a good clinician, notes Christopher Golden.

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A Serendipitous Collaboration in Care

Call it serendipity that brought Johns Hopkins physicians Shameema Sikder and Priya Sekar together a few years ago at a leadership forum for junior faculty.

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Reaching Out, Building Community Ties

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has joined forces with private donors to launch outreach programs designed to build ties to underserved communities.

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Finding Smarter Ways to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Tamma and her colleagues are also helping doctors use antibiotics more effectively through research to faster identify patients who have antibiotic resistant organisms

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Collaboration Conquers a Rare Intracranial Cyst

Pediatric surgeons took a collaborative approach in excising a rare dermoid cyst threatening the patient’s brain.

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A Pacemaker for the Diaphragm?

For patients who might regain control of the diaphragm, it keeps them in shape so they can wean from support faster.

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Dawn Luzetsky, Senior Director, Pediatric Nursing

Demands on nurses are changing, and Dawn Luzetsky wants to ensure her pediatric colleagues have the support they need at a time of transformation.

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When Distance Is a Barrier to Specialized Care

Telemedicine connects Johns Hopkins pediatric specialists to patients on the Eastern Shore.

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On Board: Shelby Kutty, Director, the Helen B. Taussig Congenital Heart Center

Incorporating the teaching of diverse mentors into his own practice, Shelby Kutty searches within and reaches out.

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Therapeutic Endoscopy for Children with GI Conditions

Endoscopic devices are being used to treat gastrointestinal disorders in adults but not as much in pediatric patients—a practice Johns Hopkins Children’s Center aims to change.

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Johns Hopkins Develops New Approach to Target Bacteria Using PET Tracers

News Release December 17, 2018

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For Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes: Understanding What Drives Cardiometabolic Risk

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center pursues pediatric research that could lead to type 2 diabetes treatments based on a person’s unique risk factors — whether race, ethnicity, body composition or underlying medical conditions.

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Unraveling the Mechanisms of Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis for Pediatric Patients

News Release December 17, 2018

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Neonatal Research: Searching for Solutions for Hypoxic Injury

News & Publications November 28, 2018

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Neurosurgery: Unmasking the ‘Great Masquerader’

News & Publications November 27, 2018

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Anesthesia Telemedicine: Assessing Hard-to-Reach Patients for Surgery

News & Publications November 21, 2018

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A Magnetic Approach for Scoliosis

News & Publications November 21, 2018

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Rare Limb Length Differences in Pediatric Patients

Orthopaedic Surgery Winter 2019

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Pediatric Pain Management

Diverse Treatments Without Narcotics

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Preventing Neonatal Infection: Researchers Improve Long-Term Outcomes for Preemies

Infection prevention efforts are paramount in hospitals, especially in neonatal intensive care units.

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Starting Early to Save Lives Later

November 2018

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New Directions in Preventing Neonatal Dysbiosis

Necrotizing enterocolitis is one of the leading causes of death in infants.

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Look-Back Study Suggests Some Major Scoliosis Surgeries Can Be Avoided

Researchers concluded that a major operation to fuse the spines of children with a rare form of severe, early-onset scoliosis can be eliminated in many cases.

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Tele-ICU Project a Virtual Resource

Embedded in the pediatric ICU, base nurse Dawn Della Noce can access patients’ electronic records, monitor their vital signs, report any downward trends in their physiology, and act as an additional resource for novice nurses.

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A Kidney for Chloe

At Johns Hopkins, Chloe was evaluated and cared for by a holistic multidisciplinary team

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An Incisionless Approach to Ear Drum Repair

Taking advantage of enhanced visualization through a high-definition endoscopic approach, pediatric otolaryngologists repair perforated eardrums in a minimally invasive and less painful manner.