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We offer the following amenities to meet the needs of our patients, families, and guests. For information about services related to your child’s room or stay, visit our While You’re in the Hospital page. ...

A newborn baby from Michigan is being kept alive at St. Louis Children’s Hospital with an artificial lung, the first time such a device has been used as a bridge to a lung transplant for a child this small. ...

How do I prepare my child for the visit? We recommend that you give your child a brief, age-appropriate explanation about the reason for this visit. Often it is helpful to describe the psychologist as a counselor or “talking doctor” who will try to help ...

The Bereavement Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital desires to provide parents, families and the community with resources that meet people where they are and will be of help moving forward on the journey of healing from loss. ...

U.S. News & World Report has again ranked St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University School of Medicine among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. ...

U.S. News & World Report has again ranked St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University School of Medicine among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. The publication ranked St. Louis Children’s No. 1 in the state of Missouri and among the top 7% nationally. ...

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 ...

Gratitude plays a key role in emotional development and helps build lifelong positive habits. ...

The following case study, Vegetation Situation, was used by Andrew J. White, MD, Washington University associate professor of pediatrics and division director of pediatric rheumatology, as part of the “Patient of the Week” (POW) series. ...

Preparation is important to help your child or adolescent have a positive hospital stay. Our child life specialists are always happy to talk with you, your child or siblings about an upcoming inpatient visit to St. Louis Children’s Hospital. ...