Megan McGivney, nurse practitioner in the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) at Boston Children’s Hospital, shares what families should look for when searching for a short bowel syndrome center...
Elizabeth Castle, nurse practitioner in the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) at Boston Children’s Hospital, explains what small bowel bacterial overgrowth is and how we treat it.
Dr. Tom Jaksic, surgical director for the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) at Boston Children’s Hospital, offers a look into how interdisciplinary short bowel syndrome programs have increased the...
Ashley Thomas, program coordinator for CAIR at Boston Children’s Hospital, offers insight into how long first appointments may be, who you might meet, and what might be discussed to create...
Brittany Depaula, senior clinical nutrition specialist in the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) at Boston Children’s Hospital, explains how proper nutrition is essential for intestinal rehabilitation.
Megan McGivney, nurse practitioner in the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) at Boston Children’s Hospital, explains why patients with intestinal failure need their vitamin and mineral blood levels checked...
Jenn McClelland, nurse practitioner in the Home Parenteral Nutrition Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, describes what a central venous catheter is and what families should know when their child needs...
Dr. Alexandra Carey, director of the Home Parenteral Nutrition Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, describes how the medication GATTEX® can support children who have short bowel syndrome.
Boston Children’s cardiac surgeon Sitaram Emani explains how biventricular repair of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) aims to strengthen the left ventricle and surrounding heart anatomy to improve circulation.
Boston Children’s cardiac surgeon Sitaram Emani explains how a series of biventricular surgeries to treat double inlet ventricle improves circulation to the lungs and body.