Hand containment is a gentle and active way to help your baby into a tucked or flexed position. Hand containment gives gentle but firm pressure on the arms, legs and/or head or bottom. This helps to soothe, console or calm your baby. Hand containment has also been shown to help babies feel less discomfort during care. Reasons to do hand containment Hand containment is a great alternative when you cannot hold your baby....
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Although infant walkers provide no benefit to children and pose significant injury risk, many are still being used in US homes. A new study from researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital examined characteristics of infant walker-related injuries and evaluated the effect of the 2010 federal mandatory safety standard on these injuries. The study, published on-line today in Pediatrics, found that more than 230,000 children younger than 15 months old were treated in hospital emergency departments in the US for infant walker-related injuries from 1990 through 2014....
Contact Information Call us at: (614) 722-4385 Fax us at: (614) 722-4380 PediatricsEmergency Medicine700 Children’s DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map) Learn more about Jessica J. Wilson Patient Care Locations Dublin Close To Home Center at 5675 Venture Drive Chillicothe Outpatient Specialty Clinics Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital Academic and Clinical Areas Emergency Medicine Physician Team Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Faculty Primary Department Pediatrics Primary Section Emergency Medicine Education Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 08/01/2015...
Contact Information Call us at: (740) 475-0700 Fax us at: (740) 475-0703 Dentistry121 E 6th AveSte 101Lancaster, OH 43130 (map) Learn more about Jonathan W. Draney Patient Care Locations Westerville Surgery Center Mansfield Close To Home Center Main Campus of Nationwide Children’s Hospital Languages Spoken English Spanish Academic and Clinical Areas Dentistry Community Physician Primary Department Dentistry Primary Section Pediatric Dentistry Education Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 05/31/2012...
There are many different reasons for leg length discrepancy, but there are essentially two main causes: being born with a condition that causes one leg to grow slower than the other or an incident that affects the length of the bone (fracture) or affects the growth center of the bone (trauma, infection, etc.). Your doctor should be able to help you determine the cause of your leg length discrepancy. How Much Leg Length Discrepancy Is Okay?...
WHAT: DNA – The Key Molecule of Life: ‘Hands-On’ Workshop for the Public WHEN: Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Columbus Metropolitan Library 1st Floor Homework Help Center 96 S. Grant Ave. Columbus, OH 43215 WHO/WHY: Children and adults will have a hands-on opportunity to learn about DNA and how it is used in Central Ohio. The workshop will include an experiment in which participants will extract DNA from wheat germ and see for themselves what this amazing molecular looks like....
Biorepositories are highly complex research facilities with expert staff to process, store, characterize and secure biological specimens and their corresponding clinical information. The Biopathology Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the hospital’s long-standing biorepository, has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists, confirming that the biorepository operates to ensure that high-quality biospecimens and related data are available for the purpose of supporting cutting-edge medical research. The College of American Pathologists is the first in the industry to offer an accreditation program for biorepositories and based the accreditation program on the principles of its Laboratory Accreditation Program, the gold standard in laboratory accreditation....
In addition to providing outstanding clinical care, members of the Section of Pulmonary Medicine conduct research and lead clinical trials to improve patient outcomes, especially in asthma and cystic fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis Clinical TrialsClinical researchers at Nationwide Children’s are committed to identifying new approaches for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis, taking research discoveries from the lab to the patient’s bedside. Overview: Cystic-Fibrosis-Related Clinical Trials at Nationwide Children’s...
Contact Information Call us at: (419) 251-8013 Fax us at: (419) 251-7760 Pediatrics2222 Cherry StSte 2300Toledo, OH 43608 (map) Learn more about Rayat Ahmed Contact Information Pediatrics Call us at: (419) 251-8013 Fax us at: (419) 251-7760 2222 Cherry StSte 2300Toledo, OH 43608 (map) Contact Information Call us at: (419) 251-8013 Fax us at: (419) 251-7760 Pediatrics2222 Cherry StSte 2300Toledo, OH 43608 (map) Learn more about Rayat Ahmed Contact Information...
Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at risk of having strokes. A stroke happens when the blood flow to or in the brain is blocked. This blockage slows down or stops oxygen to the brain. This can cause damage to the brain. In SCD, the blood vessels in the brain can be damaged by sickling causing blood vessels to scar and narrow (Picture 1). This can affect the blood supply to the brain and cause a stroke....
Two different germs cause sore throats – viruses and bacteria. They are both contagious and easily spread to others. The germs hang out in the nose and throat. When the infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks, the germs go into the air. They are then breathed in by others. The germs can also land on things and be picked up by touching them. Most often, a sore throat is caused by a virus like the flu or common cold....
Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled. Doctors at Nationwide Children’s Hospital who perform weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) on adolescents took a look at their patient population in a retrospective study published in the January 2012 print edition of Pediatric Blood & Cancer. They found that their patients had experienced a significant loss of excess body weight and showed improvement in many obesity-related diseases within the first one to two years following surgery....
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – When an adolescent is acutely suicidal and cannot safely remain in the community, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is the traditional intervention. But a lack of appropriate facilities across the United States, combined with an increasing demand for inpatient psychiatric services, means many young people who are at critical risk often cannot get the help they need. That very concern led the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health (ADAMH) Board of Franklin County Ohio to partner with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to create the hospital’s Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit in 2011....
Syndactyly (sin DAK tuh lee) is a congenital condition (can run in families) in which the fingers or toes are webbed or joined together. Simple syndactyly occurs when the fingers are connected by skin only. Complex and complicated syndactyly involve both bone and skin connections between the fingers. Syndactyly can be either incomplete (only part of the fingers are webbed) or complete (webbing extends all the way to the nails)....
Your child may feel some pain after surgery. This is normal. Each child’s pain is different. It is important to know when and how much pain your child has so they can get the best treatment. The health care provider will teach you how to understand your child’s pain and ways you can comfort them. Pain Scales Your child’s pain can be measured by numbers or a picture. These are guides called pain scales....
Have you ever heard this? ‘Mobby, by doze id stubbed ub.’ A stuffed up nose can make these and other words sound incredibly cute, but the symptoms of nasal congestion aren’t much fun! This time of year, clogged noses are usually caused by upper respiratory viral infections. In most cases, that means there isn’t a whole lot you can do to speed up the healing process, but you do have some options when it comes to stuffy symptom relief....
Contact Information Call us at: (614) 722-3966 Email Caitlin Cummings, MA, CCC-SLP Clinical Therapies700 Children’s DriveColumbus, OH 43205 (map) Learn more about Caitlin Cummings Biography Caitlin Cummings, MA, CCC-SLP, is a bilingual (English/Spanish) speech-language pathologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and doctoral student at The Ohio State University. She completed a craniofacial speech-pathology fellowship at Nationwide Children’s and has presented locally, nationally and internationally on speech and resonance disorders in children with craniofacial anomalies....
At Nationwide Children’s, CARES is our mission — our reason for being. Each letter of the word has a special meaning in explaining our purpose. C is our commitment to the highest quality health care for children, regardless of the family’s ability to pay. A represents our advocacy for children’s well being by serving as a voice in the public policy arena for improving their health, safety and security. R stands for child health research and our dedication to developing treatments and cures to ensure the future health of children the world over....
Contact Information Call us at: (614) 355-6870 Institute for Genomic Medicine575 Children’s CrossroadColumbus, OH 43215 (map) Learn more about Christian L. Lauber Biography Christian Lauber, PhD, is a broadly trained microbial ecologist interested in how microbiome composition relates to microbiome function and the delivery of ecosystem services in natural and host associated environments. Chris obtained his PhD in Biology from the University of New Mexico and was a post doc in the labs of Dr....
Contact Information Call us at: (614) 722-4877 Fax us at: (614) 355-7686 Pediatrics700 Children’s DrColumbus, OH 43205 (map) Learn more about Jerry R. Mendell Biography Jerry R. Mendell, MD, is an attending neurologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the Dwight E. Peters and Juanita R. Curran Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Nationwide Children’s and The Ohio State University....
