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Hidden Acidity and the Use of Natural Thickeners to Manage Pediatric Dysphagia
When infants and children aspirate liquids there are few options available to optimize their safety while being mindful of nutritional needs. Adjusting the feeding method or equipment, utilizing feeding and swallowing strategies, and offering thickened liquids are the primary tools available to improve oral feeding safety.
AML Immunotherapy Trial Opens
CHOP has opened a phase 1 trial using CAR T for tough acute myeloid leukemia, hoping to replicate the therapy’s success for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Cancer Predisposition in Children: Increasing Awareness
A CHOP program is focused on identifying children who are predisposed to develop cancer and using surveillance testing to detect cancers early.
CHOP Joins Top Research Institutions in Joint Initiative Focused on Single Ventricle Heart Defects
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia announced today that it is the recipient of a $1 million Innovation Fund, endowed by the nonprofit foundation Additional Ventures.
Tips for Gun Safety in Your Home and Homes Your Child Visits
Childhood exposure to guns inside a home can result in injury and death. Here, CHOP experts share some practical steps you can take to keep children safe.
Reduced Inhaler Use is Safe for Infants with Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis, a lung infection that is one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations in young children, is most prevalent during the winter months and is usually treated with albuterol delivered via inhalers, despite evidence showing no benefit in most patients. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) redesigned the hospital’s standard treatment for the infection and reduced albuterol use without compromising care.
Genetic Differences Help Distinguish Type 1 Diabetes in Children from “Type 1.5” Diabetes in Adults
A multi-center team of researchers led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has discovered a genetic signature that could help distinguish an adult-onset form of diabetes sharing many type 1 diabetes (T1D) characteristics from pediatric-onset T1D.
Delicious Recipes from CHOP Dietitians
Tons of kid-friendly recipe options from the Dietitians at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Going the Distance for Tomorrow’s Local-Global Health Breakthroughs: 11th Annual Pediatric Global Health Conference
More than 200 global health professionals and trainees attended the 11th Annual Pediatric Global Health Conference at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Oct. 4-5, 2019.
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Present Findings in Pediatric Heart Disease at 2019 AHA Scientific Sessions
More than 50 clinicians and researchers from the Cardiac Center at CHOP participated in the AHA Meeting, with six presentation nominated for awards.