Ultrasound Guided Fetal Intervention Today, there are many fetal interventions for a broad range of conditions that provide families with more alternatives, including ultrasound-guided procedures. Ultrasound guidance is an integral part of fetal intervention reducing risk as it helps guide surgeons while operating.
Open Fetal Surgery Fetal surgery poses a unique challenge as it involves one operation on two patients: the mother and her fetus. This is a scenario similar to transplantation from a living donor. Because of the risk to the mother, who derives no direct benefit from fetal surgery, open fetal
Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) Procedures This is a means of surgical delivery that is quite different from a Cesarean delivery. An EXIT procedure requires a general anesthetic to relax the uterus to allow surgeons to operate on the fetus while still being supported by the placenta. The most common indications for an
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Creating Routines to Help Your Child Cope With COVID-19 Uncertainty By Lauren K. Ayr-Volta, PhD: Life with kids is rarely predictable, but COVID-19 school closures, quarantines, and shifting work schedules have taken things to an extreme. Connecticut Children’s pediatric psychologist Lauren Ayr-Volta, PhD , has tips for creating consistency in all that chaos. Condition
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4 Lesser-Known Facts About National Hispanic Heritage Month From September 15 to October 15, we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which honors the history, culture and contributions of Americans with ancestry from Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Spain. Why does the celebration fall within two months? What’s Infectious Diseases & Immunology Research Infectious diseases continue to impose a tremendous health burden to children in the United States and abroad. Attempts to control these diseases have been hampered by an incomplete understanding of their pathogenesis, as well as the associated disease manifestations and
Infectious Diseases & Immunology Education The Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology offers medical students, residents and fellows at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine many opportunities to participate in clinical services, assisting with inpatient consultations and outpatient clinic visits. At
Neonatology Research Supported by NIH-funding and other private sources, the Division of Neonatology is improving outcomes and guiding best practices. Our team engages in basic, clinical and translational areas of investigation that include human milk, brain injury and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
Nephrology Research Connecticut Children’s nephrology physicians are actively involved in clinical and translational research and present several abstracts at international and national meetings annually. Our research findings regularly appear in publications such as the prestigious Journal of the
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Neurology Research & Clinical Trials Clinical trials are a key research tool for advancing medical education and clinical care. Most commonly, clinical trials are used to test the safety and effectiveness of drugs and devices. Clinical trials are led by research teams that can include doctors and other medical
Obesity & Weight Management Research Connecticut Children’s endocrinologists and psychologists conduct research in several areas of pediatric obesity, including: The traits of food addiction in obese adolescents The role of pain in obesity The PCOS psychosocial study The role of self-monitoring in adolescent weight
Orthopedics Research With a Center of Research Excellence, the orthopedics department has three researchers leading a range of local and national projects to derive safer, more effective and less invasive treatments for pediatric orthopedic conditions. Studies include understanding the 3D basis of