COVER FE ATURE
'ACE' TRAINING FOR TOMORROW'S DOCTORS 12
Educators at The University of Kansas School of Medicine-
Wichita and at the KU medica l school locations in Kansas
City and Sa lina expect incoming medica l students to "ACE"
their studies.
CLINICAL FE ATURE
A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO TREATING
PEDIATRIC C-DIFF 08
The cost of feca l microbiota transplantation in children with
recurrent clostridium di•cile infection varies widely by
delivery method, Colorado researchers have found.
FE ATURES
KVC HOSPITALS TO OPEN WICHITA CHILDREN'S
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL 09
K VC Hospita ls Inc. plans to open a children's psychiatric
hospita l in Wichita in early 2019, after seeing high
admission rates from Wichita-area children at its other two
Kansas hospita ls.
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'EYES OF THE FUTURE' 10
The hea lthy development of the eyes of children – the eyes of
the future – is important. Not only are their young eyes ta xed
with visua l activities, but their vision system continues to
grow and develop until about the start of their teenage years.
CLINICAL TRIALS MAKE BIG IMPACT IN WORLD
AND IN WICHITA 15
About 200 Wichita women and Wichita oncologist Pavan
Reddy, MD, were part of a long-term study that changes
the standard of care in treating women with early stage
breast cancer.
DEPARTMENTS
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 06
DOCTOR DROP-IN 07
HOSPITAL ROUNDS 16
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