A child shows up with a sudden, dramatic change in behavior — new obsessive-compulsive symptoms, food refusal or strange movements — and a worried family who’s already read online about pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS), a subclass of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric disorder (PANS). Could this be an autoimmune or inflammatory disease…
Norton Children’s is excited to welcome M. Linley Harvie, M.D., pediatric gastroenterologist and medical director of Norton Children’s Gastroenterology, affiliated with UofL School of Medicine. Dr. Harvie is physician co-lead of the new Norton Children’s intestinal rehabilitation program, which improves access to care and restores an important service for our pediatric patients. For the past…
Bullying is one of parents’ top health concerns for their children, according to Norton Healthcare’s 2024 Community Health Needs Assessment. Pediatric bullying ranked fourth among responses from nearly 2,500 parents — ahead of childcare, poverty and chronic illness — yet fewer than half of bullied students will tell an adult at school. “Pediatric bullying itself…
Norton Children’s has opened a new center for expectant families needing complex medical care. Norton Children’s Fetal Care Center will be a regional destination for parents when their baby is diagnosed with a serious medical condition before birth. The center, at 601 S. Floyd St. in Louisville, brings together pregnancy and fetal specialists, advanced imaging…
Reviewed by Kent L. Walker, D.O., pediatric spine surgeon and pediatric orthopedic surgeon with Norton Children’s Leatherman Spine; and Natalie R. Jennette, APRN, nurse practitioner with Norton Children’s Leatherman Spine The patient Patient is an 11-year-old boy presenting with diplegic cerebral palsy, neuromuscular scoliosis, autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. He already had been through a…
Norton Children’s Neuroscience Institute, affiliated with UofL School of Medicine, is one of only three sites in the United States selected to participate in the TETRIS study, a clinical trial examining how remote patient monitoring can help clinicians better optimize treatment in patients diagnosed with some severe types of epilepsy. About the clinical trial The…
Minimally invasive epilepsy surgery is well tolerated and, for many children with treatment-resistant epilepsy, can lead to seizure freedom faster than families may expect — changing the course of a child’s life sooner and helping them regain a more normal childhood. “The perception of ‘epilepsy surgery’ is sometimes still associated with an earlier era of…
When a child presents with a first seizure, the temptation is to order tests immediately. But the most powerful diagnostic tool is a carefully obtained history and witness description, according to Siddharth V. Jain, M.D., pediatric epileptologist with Norton Children’s Neuroscience Institute and assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine….
Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common congenital craniofacial conditions, yet in Kentucky, many families have navigated fragmented care across multiple providers and systems to access the full spectrum of treatment. Andrea R. Hiller, M.D., pediatric plastic surgeon who recently joined Norton Children’s Surgery, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, is…
A major new study shows that individualized treatment for babies born with opioid withdrawal can speed recovery and reduce time spent in the hospital. The clinical trial, led by Lori A. Devlin, D.O., neonatologist with Norton Children’s and a professor in the University of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, found a customized approach…