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September 7, 2022

The Liver Transplant Program at CHLA is one of the largest pediatric liver transplant programs in the United States.

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Time to Extubate Varies Widely After Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis

October 11, 2022

A study finds significant variations in care for babies with micrognathia who undergo mandibular distraction osteogenesis.

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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $3 Million to Study Opioid Use in Hospitalized Infants

June 1, 2022

Extended opioid use may cause health and developmental issues. A $3 million grant will help identify the long-term effects of opioid pain relief for newborns.

Research and Breakthroughs

Reducing Use of Opioids Following Appendectomy

February 2, 2022

Ten pediatric hospitals have collaborated on a study to safely decrease opioid use after the surgical procedure.

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Safely Reducing Opioid Use for Post-Surgical Pain Control in Children

February 3, 2022

There is considerable variation in how doctors prescribe opioids to children and adolescents following removal of the appendix. A quality improvement project involving 10 pediatric hospitals in the

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February 28, 2020

Pediatric Surgeon Lorraine Kelley-Quon is tackling the opioid crisis with an eye to improving long-term health outcomes.

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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Leads Nation in Liver Transplants

February 8, 2023

Living donation and significantly lower wait times helped the program to perform 35 liver transplants in 2022.

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Misuse of Opioid Medications Affects Teens

November 10, 2020

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles experts offer advice to help adolescents and parents deal with a substance use and drug abuse.

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A Stranger’s Gift Leads to Milestone Liver Transplant

December 23, 2020

How far would you go to save a child’s life? Not your own child, but the child of someone you didn’t even know? Meet baby Jacob—and the man who flew across the country and underwent a four-hour

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