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 Hosts 26th Annual Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Meeting
September 7, 2022
The Liver Transplant Program at CHLA is one of the largest pediatric liver transplant programs in the United States.
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.
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.
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
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.
Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD
February 28, 2020
Pediatric Surgeon Lorraine Kelley-Quon is tackling the opioid crisis with an eye to improving long-term health outcomes.
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.
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