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There's no one better to describe the special care St. Louis Children's Hospital provides than our patients and their families. They can tell you not only about their medical problems, but also about the concern, comfort and expert treatment they received at our hospital. From ...

The heart is a muscle that pumps oxygen-rich blood to all parts of the body. When you have heart failure, the heart is not able to pump as well as it should. ...

In late November of last year, Julia and Jake North had their lives turned upside down when they received news that the oldest of their 6-year-old triplets, Charlie, had a brain tumor. ...

Mechanical circulatory support, also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is a type of heart-lung bypass used to pump oxygenated blood to the body when your child’s heart or lungs aren’t functioning properly or need to rest. You may also hear it called ECLS, which ...

Yasmeen Daud, MD, has accepted the newly created position as clinical documentation improvement (CDI) physician champion for St. Louis Children’s Hospital ...

A ganglioglioma is a rare type of brain tumor. It accounts for approximately 1 percent of all brain tumors. ...

When your child has a neurological emergency, you want immediate help from a team of experts to get the best outcome possible. The Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program (PNCP) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital provides this timely, specialized care to critically ill children with neurological disorders ...

To accurately diagnose and treat pediatric patients with allergy or pulmonary difficulties, the specialists at St. Louis Children's Hospital utilize a fully equipped Pulmonary Function Laboratory to evaluate all aspects of lung function including: Assessment of airflow via spirometry with and without bronchodilator therapy Lung ...

The following case study was used by Andrew J. White, MD, as part of the “Patient of the Week” (POW) series. ...

A VSD is an opening or hole in the dividing wall (septum) between the two lower chambers of the heart. VSDs are the most common type of congenital heart defect. ...