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Donations Fuel Lifesaving Work
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Since our founding, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has made it our mission to care for vulnerable patients during trying times. Today — more than ever — we see grateful supporters working diligently to help us fulfill that mission.
Video Visits Soar
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The numbers are extraordinary: In the first week of its COVID-19 response, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia conducted more video visits than in the previous three years combined.
With Poise And Grace: Caring for the sickest children in the strangest times
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Since the advent of COVID-19, a priority at Children’s Hospital has been determining how to manage incoming patients who are seriously ill with other conditions, while maintaining the safety of all — patients, families and staff.
On the Heels of COVID-19 Comes a New Illness – and a New Challenge for CHOP Researchers
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Understanding the biology of both COVID-19 illness and MIS-C will enable scientists to develop much more specific diagnostic tests and help clinicians identify children who are at risk.
Driven by a Commitment to Help Children
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Since 1986, the Auto Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia (ADAGP) and its entities have donated $8.7 million to CHOP.
Programmed to Charm
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It sings. It dances. It shakes kids’ hands and says their names. Meet NAO (pronounced “now”), a 2-foot-tall robot that has wowed dozens of CHOP patients and families with its intelligence and charm.
Crushing Peanut Allergies
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Palforzia TM is a new oral immunotherapy recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat children with peanut allergies. The medication involves a daily controlled amount of peanut protein designed to desensitize children and reduce the severity of allergic reactions, some of which can be life-threatening.
New Hope for a Complex Birth Defect
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a complex and life-threatening birth defect usually discovered at an 18-week ultrasound visit. The CDH Program was recently designated as one of the hospital’s Frontier Programs, a trailblazing group of initiatives pioneering new advances in children’s health.
Proud to Have Known Alex
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The incredible little girl who founded Alex’s Lemonade Stand was a patient at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Alex Scott was diagnosed with a rare cancer called neuroblastoma at CHOP just before she turned 1. CHOP doctors and nurses fought alongside Alex and her family as they went through the turmoil of pediatric cancer.
A Day in the Life of a PICU Nurse
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Laura Douglas, RN, BSN, is one of more than 300 PICU nurses who combine rigorous training with innate compassion to care for patients whose lives hang in the balance. This is a day in her life.