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Jan 15, 2025 | academic.oup.com | Rainbow Babies |Children's Nebraska |Miller Children's

Pediatric respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) commonly requires hospitalization. The Clinical Progression Scale Pediatrics (CPS-Ped) measures level of respiratory support and degree of hypoxia across a range of disease severity, but it has not been applied in infants hospitalized with severe RSV-LRTI.

Oct 22, 2024 | unmc.edu | John Keenan |Chuck Koster |Children's Nebraska

The UNMC Department of Pediatrics has added two new division chiefs. Salaheddin Elrokhsi, MD, became division chief of pediatric endocrinology at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska in July, while Melissa Muff-Luett, MD, became division chief of pediatric nephrology at UNMC and Children’s Nebraska in August. Dr. Elrokhsi completed his medical education at the University of Tripoli Faculty of Medicine in Tripoli, Libya.

Oct 1, 2024 | pericles.pericles-prod.literatumonline.com | Angela Lin |Lois J. Starr |Children's Nebraska |Kate Wears

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Apr 5, 2024 | omaha.com | Children's Nebraska

Richard Gehring, second from left, recently received a therapy that can delay onset of Type 1 diabetes. With him are, from left, his father, Seth Gehring; Katie Decker, manager of specialty clinics at Children’s Nebraska; and Dr. Salaheddin Elrokhsi, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Nebraska.