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Understanding Heart Failure in Children After Single Ventricle Surgery

Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado's Heart Institute are working to understand the mechanisms leading to heart failure in children who have undergone single ventricle surgery. They found that failing single ventricle hearts have dysregulated metabolic pathways and impaired mitochondrial function. By understanding the mitochondria's role in heart failure, researchers are exploring therapeutic options targeting mitochondrial function.

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Advancing Craniosynostosis Treatment with Artificial Intelligence

Craniofacial surgery experts at Children's Hospital Colorado are using artificial intelligence (AI) to create personalized, data-driven models that improve treatment outcomes for children with craniosynostosis.

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A Spine the Size of Your Hand

Congenital kyphoscoliosis and Pierre Robin sequence had caused Hunter's spine to curve more than 90 degrees. This compressed his spinal cord and started to cause paralysis.

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Therapeutic Target for Partial Bladder Outlet Obstruction

Hypoxia-inducible factors may play a key role in treating partial bladder outlet obstruction.

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How to Get Kids to Fall (and Stay) Asleep

Our pediatric sleep specialists answer parents' questions on everything from bedtime routine to nixing nightmares, providing the insights you need so everyone can get a good night's rest.

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Custom Pulmonary Hypertension Care for Kylie

Coupled with pulmonary hypertension, Kylie's sleep apnea put her life at risk. Thanks to innovative treatment at the Sie Center, she’s breathing easier.

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Prevention in the Uncharted World of Childhood Polyposis

Intestinal polyps form in childhood for a variety of reasons, many of them not well understood. Our team collaborates to study what makes them tick.

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Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Cardiovascular Research

This study was the first large-scale, standardized analysis of predictors of change in cardiovascular disease risk factors among a cohort of severely obese adolescents.

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Posterior Spinal Fusion Research

Researchers in the Orthopedics Institute at Children's Hospital Colorado found that posterior spinal fusion patients may reach physical therapy goals sooner if they take Gabapentin as part of their post-surgery pain management plan.

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Surgical Versus Medical Management for Adolescents with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers compared the effectiveness of bariatric surgery with medical therapy in treating type 2 diabetes in obese adolescents in this study.