January 2021

Data Supports Prioritizing the Re-opening of Childcare Facilities and Elementary Schools

Data suggests childcare facilities and elementary schools should remain open or re-open to full-time, in-person learning as quickly as possible, according to an editorial by Children’s Hospital Colorado infectious disease specialist Sean O’Leary, MD, MPH. The study findings and editorial were published in the Jan. 22 edition of JAMA Pediatrics.

Enhanced Recovery Efforts for Cesarean Delivery Reduce Need for Opioids by 80%

Doctors from the Colorado Fetal Care Center found that using a wound infusion pump in combination with enhanced cesarean recovery efforts can reduce opioid use by more than 80%. They also found that a third of patients never took a single narcotic pain pill after the cesarean delivery.

Children’s Hospital Colorado Contributes to AFM Paper in The Lancet

Children's Colorado doctors who do research for the University of Colorado School of Medicine contributed to a paper in The Lancet about a rare polio-like disease called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). As the first doctors to start a clinic for AFM patients, Children's specialists have deep expertise in the diagnostics and management of the condition and are committed to improving outcomes and eventually preventing it.