Jessica Pasley Archive — Page 15 of 55
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July 28, 2022
Increase seen in children ingesting THC-infused edibles
Clinicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are seeing an increase in the number of young children requiring treatment after ingesting THC-infused products. -
July 21, 2022
Children’s Hospital sees increase in children poisoned by THC in marijuana edibles
They resemble candy. They taste like candy. Some children have ended up in intensive care. -
July 14, 2022
Pediatric ECMO program founder Pietsch retires
John Pietsch, MD, the recently retired founder of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, didn’t grow up wanting to be a doctor. -
July 6, 2022
Study shows two vaccine doses for mothers eases COVID complications for infants
Infants younger than 6 months were better protected from COVID-19 complications when mothers received two doses of the vaccine while pregnant, according to Vanderbilt researchers. -
June 28, 2022
After an explosion almost cost her son his hand, one mother has a warning about the danger of fireworks: “They are explosives. They are dangerous.”
"No one ever expects something to happen to your own child." -
June 28, 2022
Family’s experience provides an example of the harm fireworks can cause
Vanderbilt doctors say fireworks injuries can require prolonged hospital stays and multiple surgeries and can result in amputation, stiffness and long-term impairment.