Against all odds, pediatric cardiac specialists implant an adult ventricular assist device in the smallest child ever to receive the device, and then offer him a new heart rejected by 22 other transplant programs. How did this case turn out?
Facing a lethal neurovascular malformation, a multidisciplinary team collaborates to achieve the best course of care for a newborn.
For infants born with a syndrome such as Crouzon or Pfeiffer, the standard of care for treating the related condition craniosynostosis is an open operation performed approximately a year after birth. Johns Hopkins pediatric surgical specialists, however, are finding better results using a novel, less-invasive approach during the first few months of life.
Pediatric allergist Corinne Keet conducts an observation study about who needs to be screened for peanut allergy prior to introduction of peanut, how screening should be conducted and how early peanut consumption will proceed outside of a clinical trial.
A collaboration with Sibley Memorial Hospital aims to decrease delays in diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions in newborns.
