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The Bereavement Journey and Tissue Donation Conference

This seminar focuses on providing compassionate, comprehensive support for patients, families, and care teams when navigating conversations about autopsy and tissue donation as well as anticipatory grief, coping with poor prognoses, and bereavement.

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Download Exam Room Flyer Now: Supporting Confident Vaccine Conversations

Support confident vaccine conversations with a ready-to-use resource designed for exam rooms, waiting areas and other family spaces.

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Post-Baccalaureate Scholar Program

The Post‑Baccalaureate (“Post‑Bac”) Scholar Program at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital provides a structured, cohort‑based research training experience for recent college graduates preparing for medical school, graduate school or

Treatments

Our therapeutic capabilities are some of the most advanced in the world. From the child with rumination syndrome or gastroparesis to those with food allergies or constipation, we are blazing the trail to best possible outcomes for our patients.

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Percutaneous Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube Placement & Care

Some children need a tube placed in their stomach to allow them to get adequate nutrition if they cannot take in enough by mouth or if they have a swallowing problem.

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Polypectomy

Polyps are relatively common in children. As part of both the evaluation and treatment of polyps, they are removed endoscopically by polypectomy.

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Sclerosis of Esophageal Varices

Sclerotherapy is performed by injecting a medication into the varix that causes it to scar. If the varix is scarred, it cannot bleed.

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Banding of Esophageal Varices

Sometimes varices can bleed or be at high risk of bleeding. One way to control this is to put a “band” on the vein so that it clots and then will not bleed.

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Cecostomy

This Helping Hand™ explains what a cecostomy is and the different types of cecostomy tubes used at Nationwide Children's Hospital. It also includes information on how to flush a cecostomy at home as well as how to clean and care for the cecostomy.