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Nightmares and Night Terrors

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>A night terror is a partial waking from sleep with behaviors such as screaming, kicking, panic, sleep walking, thrashing, or mumbling.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

International Observerships at CHOP Resume

Jan 10, 2022

International observerships, which were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, officially resumed at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in July 2021 when we welcomed 11 healthcare professionals to our program.

Two Girls, Two Cured Cases

Jan 7, 2022

Summer 2021 saw the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia care for two newborn girls who had the focal form of hyperinsulinism (HI).

Meet Diva De León-Crutchlow, MD, MSCE

Jan 6, 2022

Diva De León-Crutchlow, MD, MSCE, assumed the role of Director of the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center in 2013 and was named Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes in 2018.

New Study Seeks to Preserve Kidney Function in Children with CKD

Dec 28, 2021

CHOP's Preserving Kidney Function in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease (PRESERVE) study was recently awarded funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). PRESERVE is a three-year, multi-institutional clinical trial evaluating blood pressure management and urine protein monitoring strategies to preserve kidney function in pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.

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