Fall 2016 Pediatrician

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Maximizing the Benefits of Spasticity Surgery

Coupled with surgery to reduce spasticity and improve motor function in children with cerebral palsy, a team approach — involving pediatric neurosurgeons and neurologists, anesthesiologists, intensivists, orthopaedic surgeons and physiatrists — is increasing the likelihood of good outcomes.

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Articles in this Issue

  • For Children with Complex Colorectal Conditions

    To ensure the best long-term outcomes, Johns Hopkins new pediatric colorectal surgical center brings a full range of specialty services to patients with disorders like imperforate anus.

    Bowel management clinic
  • Sparing the Aortic Valve

    The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center offers patients at risk of aortic aneurysm a surgical approach that preserves their aortic valve.

    Pediatric cardiac surgeon Luca Vricella
  • Making Outpatient Pediatric Hemodialysis Accessible

    To ease families’ burden of traveling out of state for dialysis care for their children, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center opens the state of Maryland’s only hemodialysis center dedicated to pediatric patients.

    The pediatric hemodialysis team
  • CPR in the OR

    Quality improvement initiative at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center reduces time for compression and defibrillation.

    The photo shows a simulation of CPR.