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Why Feeding Your Baby Peanuts Sooner May Prevent Allergies
Over the past couple of decades, recommendations for introducing peanuts to children have shifted dramatically. After recommendations in 2000 were made to delay introduction to high-risk infants until age 3, peanut and other food allergies have continued to increase significantly.
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Genetic Counseling
Board-certified geneticists and genetic counselors are available for consultation at the Hughes Center for Fetal Diagnostics.
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Arnold Palmer Hospital is a state of the art facility designed to care for critically ill children.
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Orlando Health Receives “Best Children’s Hospital” Designation in 5 Specialties
Orlando, FL (October 8, 2024) – – Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been recognized as one of the Best Children’s Hospitals for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report. Now in its 18th year, the rankings assist parents of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses in choosing the right hospital for them.
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Orlando Health Receives “Best Children’s Hospital” Designation in 5 Specialties
Orlando, FL (October 8, 2024) – – Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been recognized as one of the Best Children’s Hospitals for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report. Now in its 18th year, the rankings assist parents of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses in choosing the right hospital for them.
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Lisa K. Christensen, MD
Lisa Christensen, MD
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A Vest To Help Breathe Better When Suffering With Cystic Fibrosis
This device is used to treat children with cystic fibrosis.
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Child’s Fever: When You Should Go to ER
When your child isn’t feeling well and has a fever, it’s easy to fixate on the thermometer’s reading. How high is too high? Is it better to take them to the emergency room or to treat the fever at home?
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How to Prepare Your Child for an Outpatient Procedure
Preparing to bring your child in for an outpatient surgery or procedure at the hospital can often feel more stressful than the event itself. Children don’t typically welcome the prospect of a day at the hospital, no matter how short it may be. Parents often find themselves wondering how best to manage the difficult task of preparing their child mentally and emotionally for a surgery or procedure. Sometimes in order to prevent tears and fears, parents may try to mislead or avoid the conversation with their kids in order to simply get them in the door. Even though it may be tempting to tell your child that they are going elsewhere in order to get them in the car, or tell them that they are going to the hospital but not tell them why, this often causes more upset and challenge in the end.
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Concussions on the playground. What’s a parent to do?
Our multidisciplinary team of sports medicine clinicians works quickly to diagnose concussions and provide a personalized treatment plan for patients of all ages.
