Kristi Baker has been appointed senior executive for AdventHealth for Children in Orlando, Fla., effective April 7. In her new role, Ms. Baker will oversee daily operations at AdventHealth for ...

Implementation of the ERAS program delivers better patient outcomes, achieves shorter lengths of stay, and saves money.

Washington, a Staff Assistant with Duke Facilities Management, is the main point of contact for what they call Duke’s “Snow ...

Pediatricians must disclose adverse events and medical errors to children and their families, according to an updated policy ...

Lawrence Barnard has been named president of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health’s planned children’s hospital in Las ...

A sudden drop in blood pressure with or without a decrease in heart rate. It's caused by a problem with overstimulating ... The heart muscle becomes weak and is not able to pump as well as normal. The ...

Advocate Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn held a reunion with its first pediatric heart transplant patient, 15-year-old Nataly Paramo. The hospital has since performed three more pediatric heart ...

division director of pediatric cardiac surgery. However, over time, Nataly can look forward to resuming life as a normal teenager, including returning to playing basketball. “That’s the whole ...

The normal resting heart rate varies by age. In adults, any number between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm) is considered a good resting heart rate. Babies and young children have higher resting ...

but then at the end, when they're really healthy, happy, normal kids,” Rob shared, reflecting on the transformative journey he witnesses as children transition from sickness to health.

Extract: We have studied cardiac function and dynamics in 29 apparently normal children under 20 ... 1), appear to be constant throughout the pediatric age range. Arterio-venous differences ...