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The cardio-pulmonary therapy staff provides services for children who have problems with the heart or lungs. Cardio-pulmonary therapy highlights: St. Louis Children’s Hospital has the largest pediatric Lung Transplant Program in the United States, and cardiopulmonary therapists are experienced in treating children before and after ...

Observation experiences are available for undergraduate nursing students exploring career interest. ...

What is cardiomyopathy? Cardiomyopathy is disease of the heart muscle that reduces the heart's ability to pump blood effectively. Different kinds of cardiomyopathy cause the heart muscle to enlarge, thicken, or become stiff. Cardiomyopathy can be due to a number of causes, including viral infections ...

An arrhythmia is an abnormal heartbeat. In an arrhythmia, abnormal electrical signals through the heart muscle may cause the heart to beat too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregularly. ...

The goal is to ensure that the medications designed to combat infections while these tiny patients are in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) don’t compromise their ability to stave off illness when they are older. ...

Kim Jacques recalls being a member of a very exclusive club as a teenager. Kim, who was 16 at the time, was waiting for lungs and also a donor heart. ...

Treatment for cancer and other conditions can decrease fertility. Our fertility preservation team protects the fertility of infants, children & young adults. ...

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Israel Westbrook, age 10, is an active kid who likes playing outside. He loves school and is an honor roll student who this year tested out of fifth grade and advanced to sixth. He’s also a child with asthma and allergies that, if left untreated ...

A ten-year-old from south-central Missouri not only has a smile on his face after a devastating accident that nearly killed him, he has a new face altogether. ...