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Our critical care team provides precise interventions based on analyzing “physiologic signatures,” or, body and brain measurements that help us predict how the illness will progress. These measurements allow us to time our interventions so they better protect the vulnerable brains of children. ...

Learn about what to expect during a visit to the Fetal Heart Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital. ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital provides noninvasive urology procedures and treatment for children with urinary tract infections, vesicoureteral reflux, undescended testes, hypospadias, spina bifida, bladder exstrophy, nocturnal enuresis and more. Call us at 314.454.KIDS (5437) for more information. ...

On the morning of Nov. 2, 2015, Corin McDuffee, then 17, was having trouble breathing. Corin had been diagnosed with asthma at around age 2, and at times it was severe enough that she needed to go to her doctor’s office or a hospital emergency ...

Pulmonary stenosis is a birth defect of the heart (congenital). It can happen when the pulmonary valve doesn’t develop as it should during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. ...

Read more about Blair's dealing with omphalocele and her experience at the NICU of St. Louis Children's Hospital. ...

A micropenis is a penis that is smaller than normal. Micropenis can happen on its own, but it usually happens along with other disorders including problems with the pituitary gland or the hypothalamus. ...

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disease that usually occurs in infants and young children. Children usually inherit the disease. ...

Experts in physical therapy, neurology, and orthopedics helped a young hockey player get back on the ice after developing a rare case of parsonage-turner syndrome. ...

As of January 1, 2015, St. Louis Children’s Hospital no longer provides health advice or nurse “triage” service to callers of its 454.KIDS phone line. The 454.KIDS (or 800.678.KIDS) phone line continues to serve as a resource to help parents find a pediatrician or pediatric ...