Your pediatric patients don’t need to travel too far from home for quality heart care
Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the University of Louisville, includes an expansive outreach service, with 29 participating sites in the region. These sites, throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana, link directly to Norton Children’s Hospital […]
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Stacie Hartlage, R.N., guides pediatric heart patients and their families to quality care at a stressful time
If you have a patient with a congenital heart disease, you want to make sure he or she gets quality care. But it’s also comforting to know your patient will be well supported and guided […]
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Experienced pediatric cancer care
Norton Children’s Cancer Institute provides the latest in pediatric cancer treatments, programs for treating rare tumors and blood disorders, a blood and marrow transplant program, and resources to support the needs of young patients and […]
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New procedure for referral admissions to Norton Children’s Hospital
For nearly two decades, Norton Children’s Hospital has partnered with our community’s pediatric health care providers to assist with the admission of patients through the emergency department’s Admission Express Unit (AEU). At the time it […]
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Services treat pregnant women with substance use disorders and their babies
The opiate epidemic has changed the face of prenatal and perinatal care, and Norton Healthcare has special programs in place to help mother and child confront drug-related health issues. The Norton Maternal Opiate and Substance […]
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Update on antenatal corticosteroids in women at risk for preterm delivery
Liggins and Howie’s landmark paper in 1972 demonstrated that a single course of corticosteroids given to women at risk for preterm delivery reduced the incidence of respiratory distress syndrome and mortality in the offspring. After […]
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Migrainous disorders in children
The formal name for “childhood periodic syndromes” has changed from “childhood periodic syndromes that are commonly precursors of migraine” in ICHD-2 to “episodic syndromes that may be associated with migraine” in ICHD-3, partly because some […]
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Updates on obstetric hemorrhage
In this update: New definition for postpartum hemorrhage from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tranexamic acid as first-line medication 1:1 ratio of packed red blood cells (PRBC) to fresh frozen plasma (FFP) Postpartum […]
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Multidisciplinary approach to newborn diaphragmatic hernia repairs
When Samuel Johnson was born at Norton Children’s Hospital with a diaphragmatic hernia, a highly trained and specialized team was ready. “We have well-thought-out plans, a process in place to take care of children with […]
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Welcome Jeffrey T. White, M.D., Ph.D., to Norton Children’s Urology
Jeffrey T. White, M.D., Ph.D., is the newest member of Norton Children’s Urology. Dr. White earned his medical degree as well as a doctorate in developmental, cell and neurobiology from Louisiana State University School of […]
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Why you should refer to Norton Children’s Radiology
Norton Children’s Radiology is composed of ten providers who treat pediatric patients for medical and surgical conditions including trauma, infection, tumors, congenital abnormalities, autoimmune disorders and more. Norton Children’s Radiology clinicians and radiologists are experienced […]
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Norton Children’s Heart Institute care highlights
Norton Children’s Heart Institute is growing. We recently added a third pediatric cardiac surgeon, who assumes the leadership role long held by Erle H. Austin III, M.D. Housed in Norton Children’s Hospital, the state’s only […]
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