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Jackson’s Story: Intervention Before Birth Delivers a Chance
In January 2019, Micole Hopke and her husband, Patrick, went for what they assumed would be a routine checkup of ...
Medical Animation: Fetal Development
Pregnancy and delivery involve the entire female reproductive system, including the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and vagina. After an egg ...
Medical Animation: Cesarean Delivery
Not every woman undergoes a traditional vaginal delivery with the birth of her child. Under conditions of fetal or maternal ...
St. Louis Doctors Change Antibiotic Treatment Tactics for Premature Infants to Curb Drug Resistance
In the newborn intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, physicians and pharmacists are looking at treating babies with ...
The Benefits of Multidisciplinary Follow-Up for CDH
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a birth defect that occurs in about one of every 3,000 live births. At six ...
St. Louis Children's Hospital Newborn Medicine Program Nationally Ranked
U.S. News & World Report has again ranked St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University School of Medicine among America’s Best Children’s ...
Washington University Physicians in Illinois, Inc. to Provide Pediatric and Neonatology Services at Memorial
On April 1, pediatricians with Washington University Physicians in Illinois and St. Louis Children’s Hospital began providing coverage in Memorial’s ...
Newborn Pulse Ox Test Saves Baby Grayson’s Life
When first-time parents Genell and Daniel Reynolds held their newborn little boy Grayson, they were overjoyed. Genell had a healthy, ...
Warner Appointed Chief of Newborn Medicine
On January 1, 2019, Barbara Warner, MD, MS, transitioned to chief of newborn medicine. Dr. Warner succeeds F. Sessions Cole, ...