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New HLH Guideline
A new algorithm for evaluating patients suspected to have hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is available in the SLCH Lab Test Guidebook ...
Austin Receives Urology Care Foundation Award
Paul Austin, MD, Washington University pediatric urologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, received the John W. Duckett Pediatric Research Excellence ...
Updated SLCH Bronchiolitis Guidelines Incorporate New AAP Recommendations
Each year, a multidisciplinary review group at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) reviews and, as needed, revises its guidelines for ...
Surgical Services at Specialty Care Center Designed for Convenient, Family-Focused Care
In June, the expertise of Washington University pediatric surgeons is coming to West St. Louis County with the opening of ...
New Approach to Childhood Malnutrition May Reduce Relapses, Death
Children treated for moderate acute malnutrition—a condition suffered by an estimated 35 million children worldwide experience a disturbingly high rate ...
Kohlberg Named Medical Ethics Coordinator
Beth Kohlberg, RN, BSN, MS-HCE, has been named medical ethics coordinator for St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Medical Ethics Committee. In ...
Difficult Behavior in Young Children May Point to Later Problems
It’s normal for a young child to have tantrums and be otherwise disruptive, but researchers have found that if such ...
Depression, Overwhelming Guilt in Preschool Years Linked to Brain Changes
In school-age children previously diagnosed with depression as preschoolers, a key brain region involved in emotion is smaller than in ...
Changes to Testing for Neisseria Gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia Trachomatis
In March, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) Microbiology Laboratory began accepting pharyngeal (throat) and rectal swabs for nucleic acid amplification testing ...
