Step inside our Pogue Catheterization Laboratory, where interventional cardiologists diagnose and treat heart problems through a less-invasive procedure called catheterization. In this lab, with minimal cutting, our cardiologists: Diagnose many forms of congenital heart defects Treat narrowings in the valves and vessels, as well as heart rhythm problems Re-evaluate previously repaired heart defects Obtain biopsies [...]
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How a Simulation Lab Helps Medical Staff
Peek inside Children’s simulation lab, a 3,000-square-foot facility where clinicians use high-fidelity manikins and virtual gaming to simulate complex patient scenarios. Lab Mirrors Hospital Rooms Sim Lab rooms mirror inpatient hospital rooms; their equipment is the same as found in real life settings or technologically adapted to mimic those clinicians use for patient care. While [...]
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New Technology Sniffs Out Bacterial Infections
Aug. 6, 2012 — CW33 News reporter Barry Carpenter shares the story of baby Kensley and the mass spectrometer at Children’s Dallas. The spectrometer can diagnose a bacterial infection in about 30 seconds compared to the 3 days other methods typically take. Children’s is one of only three pediatric hospitals in the country with the high [...]
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New machine will ID bacterial infections faster
Ok, so it’s nothing special to look at. While what this new machine does is something out of a science fiction movie, it certainly doesn’t look that exciting. In fact, it just looks like a tall, metal box. But the addition of the new piece of technology that just went on line this week in the [...]
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Why doctors in Colombia will be more prepared for flu season
Have you ever talked to someone and your conversation with them kept replaying in your head? That happened to me last week. I met a doctor from Bogota, Colombia who was at Children’s with his team. After talking about his visit, Dr. Cassalett told me that 30 kids in Bogota died from the flu last [...]
Continue ReadingErroneous e-mail about medications falsely tied to Children’s
>E-mail has added a lot to our lives – maybe too much. The average person’s inbox is flooded with advertisements, inspirational poems with pictures of kittens, requests for money from exiled African royalty and the ever-present forwards from our newly-introduced-to-e-mail family and friends. With so many messages bombarding us, it’s difficult to decide which to [...]
Continue Reading‘Sims’ Allows Medical Training for Real-Life Emergencies
“Sims” may have started with a computer family living the life you programmed for them, but it has since spread far and wide as a training concept. You may have seen medical simulation training labs on “Grey’s Anatomy” where the television doctors train by using models for surgery. Now, imagine that you’re a real doctor [...]
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