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Cardiac Center Grants Funding for Six Innovative Projects
The Cardiac Center held its annual Innovation Day, where six innovative proposals were presented. Each project aims at enhancing the patient/family experience.
Children's Doctor News Spring 2021
News updates from the Spring 20201 edition of Children's Doctor.
Alumni Notes: Spring 2021
In light the ongoing challenges, it is so important to celebrate our colleagues. This edition, as I think of our CHOP Alumni Motto: Keep … Tradition, Keep … in Mind and Keep … in Touch!
CHOP-led Research Study Identifies Key Target in Treatment-Resistant Hemophilia A
CHOP researchers have identified BAFF as a key target that may be responsible for treatment failure in about 30% of patients with hemophilia A.
Pediatric Reflections: Offering Guidance to Families of Autistic Youth Who Want to Drive
A recent CHOP study found that newly licensed drivers on the autism spectrum have similar—or even lower—per-driver rates of crash involvement than their non-autistic peers.
Visio-vestibular Examination is a Critical Component of Diagnosing Concussion in Young Athletes, Feasible Across Multiple Care Settings
CHOP researchers recommend specific updates to clinical examinations to improve initial concussion diagnosis across multiple settings.
Unexpected Consequence of the Pandemic: MIS-C-Related Cardiac Issues
In late April 2020, there were reports from the United Kingdom of otherwise healthy children presenting with a severe inflammatory disease similar to Kawasaki disease in the setting of COVID-19. There have been several case definitions since then, and in May 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defined this condition as the multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which was the diagnosis for our patient.
Congenital Heart Disease: Lost In Transition
Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) now outnumber children with CHD because of excellent surgical and medical care in childhood. Lifelong cardiology follow-up is recommended for almost all people with congenital heart disease. Interventions done in childhood are typically palliative and not curative.
Protecting The Heart: Preventive Cardiovascular Program
Ethan is 16-year-old male who presents to the Lipid Heart Clinic for further evaluation of his dyslipidemia. Past history reveals an otherwise healthy adolescent who experienced a 50-pound weight gain over the past year without height increase.
Fellow's Corner: Mobile Health: A Tool to Improve Quality of Life for Cardiac Patients
Over the past 50 years, medical and technological advances in pediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery have resulted in a large decline in mortality among children with congenital and acquired heart disease.