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Asthma Q&A With Dr. Jason Debley
Asthma is a blockage of bronchial tubes in the lungs caused by inflammation and swelling of the bronchial tubes, and spasm of the muscles surrounding the bronchial tubes. Find out more about asthma and current research being done by Dr. Jason Debley.
Operations, Big and Small
What does a 300-pound high school football player with appendicitis have in common with a tiny newborn with the birth defect gastroschisis? Children's General and Thoracic Surgery providers can give both the care they need.
Program Innovation: Medical Genetics
Seattle Children's is pushing to expand the number of disorders screened for in newborns - and to improve the tests that diagnose them.
Program Innovation: Pulmonary Medicine
A young researcher is developing a noninvasive tool for small children that will improve clinicians' ability to diagnose and treat asthma earlier
A Closer Look at Autism
What is autism, what may be the cause, and what research is being done? Dr. Bryan King, director of Child Psychiatry at Children’s, answers some of the simple and more complex issues surrounding autism.
Teen’s Amazing Recovery from Head Injury
At 16, Josie was the president of her sophomore class. Her life changed, when her friend lost control of her car and Josie lay in a coma for 11 days.
Injury Prevention Saves Lives
Injury and trauma are the leading cause of death among children, teens and young adults. Learn about injury prevention and the changes being made each day to help your children lead healthier lives.
Teen Sports Injuries Becoming More Common
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears – once thought to be primarily an adult injury – now are routinely seen in Children’s pediatric orthopedic clinics as the length of sports seasons increase and the level of play intensifies.
Tiny Hearts, Big Results
Alethea Bloedel’s newborn skin was dusky at 6 weeks, an indication of a heart problem. One in every 100 children are born with a heart defect. Continue reading about infant heart disease.
Helping Kids With Cystic Fibrosis Lead "Ordinary" Lives
No one appreciates the perseverance behind medical research more than Kari Foss, a member of Kentwood High School’s volleyball team, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 2.
Alternative Medicine Assists in Recovery
After a bone marrow transplant, 6–month–old Emily Behrens needed assistance weaning from morphine. Tiny pressure beads on her earlobes and minuscule needles at her wrists eased Emily’s withdrawal symptoms.
Granting Immunity – Combating Primary Immunodeficiency
Hayley Ralph seemed to be a perfectly healthy little girl until she started preschool. A series of serious infections lead to her diagnosis of having hyper IgM, a form of primary immunodeficiency, rarely seen in girls.
Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care Building
Children’s is fortunate to have the Gates Foundation as family partners. “We support Children’s so we can join in the thrill of scientific discovery, but it goes deeper than that...”
World–Class Health Care Close to Home: Geneva’s Story
Linda’s daughter, Geneva, was born in 2001 with spina bifida, a condition in which the spinal column is not fully closed and the spinal cord incompletely formed. Without surgery, Geneva would have been paralyzed from the waist down by age three.
A Place for Children
A playroom stocked with toys, bedside games, and our Teen Zone equipped with Xbox and foosball makes Children’s a place where kids can be kids. Continue reading about Children’s facilities and activities.
Making a Heartfelt Connection With Automated External Defibrilators
A high school football player collapses at a game; a teacher suffers a heart attack in her classroom. Thanks to the automated external defibrilator (AED) both make full recoveries.
After Cancer Care Ends, Survivorship Starts (ACCESS)
Cancer and its treatment can have serious long term effects on health that are sometimes not evident until later in life. ACCESS is our follow up program for childhood cancer survivors and their families.
Working Together to Cure Cancer
Ji Hyun Lee is a nurse practitioner in the Cancer Program at Children’s. One visit with a pediatric cancer patient changed her entire career.
Hearing Loss: Early Intervention Helps Kids Communicate
Deaf and hard of hearing infants enrolled in appropriate early intervention services by 6 months of age are likely to have normal language and cognitive development. Have an audiogram as early as possible so that your baby can be consistently exposed to language.
Families Are Our Partners in Care
"A chronically ill child presents a challenging journey for a family, but through partnering with the medical teams at Children's we have been able to truly experience the joys of being parents."
Fetal Heart Program
If a problem is detected during a routine ultrasound screening, an obstetrician (OB) can refer the patient to Children’s Heart Center specialists for a complete fetal cardiac evaluation.
The Best Transplant Care
Pioneering organ transplant surgeon Dr. Jorge Reyes directs transplant services at Children’s and the UW Medical Center. He is also a professor and chief of the Division of Transplantation at the UW School of Medicine.
The Best Gastroenterology Care
Children’s recently welcomed Dr. Simon Horslen, a pediatric hepatologist in the Division of Gastroenterology. Dr. Horslen, who came from the University of Nebraska where he was the medical director of the pediatric transplant program, will help lead the expansion of Children’s transplant program.
Innovative Treatments for Epilepsy Patients
Children’s comprehensive epilepsy program is designed to meet more than just medical needs. “We realize the entire family is impacted by a child’s illness and we are here to try and help them through it.“
Finding the Beat
Though Children’s Hospital has been a leader in pediatric heart surgery for decades, the program took a quantum leap forward two years ago when heart surgeon Dr. Gordon Cohen agreed to lead the team.
Team Care for Cleft Lip and Palate
Children’s multidisciplinary approach to cleft lip and palate provides an ideal environment for an infant with a cleft. A craniofacial pediatrician oversees the care of each child, creating a treatment plan tailored to the child’s condition and then coordinating care among the other specialists on the child’s care team.
Electrophysiology Reduces Heart Transplants
"When a child’s heart beats too fast," says Dr. Jack Salerno, Children’s electrophysiologist, "we can use radiofrequency ablation to cauterize a small area of tissue that prevents the irregular heartbeat from recurring."
Cardiac Catheterization for Treating Heart Defects
With cardiac catheterization, doctors use the blood stream to get to the heart. Doctors make an incision in a vein near the groin, then insert a flexible hollow tube called a catheter.
Diabetes Team Earns Prestigious Award
Children’s diabetes self–management program has received a stamp of approval by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Continue reading about the ADA Education Recognition program.
Children’s Hospital Research Aims To Prevent Group B Strep
It’s the most common cause of life–threatening infections in newborns in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but most pregnant women have never heard of it.
Life and Limb: Improving Bone Tumor Treatment
A lot has changed over the last two decades in the treatment of bone tumors. As recently as the early 1980s, amputation was the standard of care and survival rates for cancerous bone tumors were less than 50 percent.
Excellent Care and Outcomes for Children with Heart Disease
About one in every 100 babies born in the United States has a heart defect. Most of them will need treatment or surgery.
Finding the Power to Heal
When the kidneys are damaged through infection, injury or defect, the natural healing process is disturbed. Dr. Allison Eddy studies the cellular and molecular processes that regulate how the body’s tissue responds to injury.