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New MRI clinic uses virtual reality to shorten wait-list for general anesthesia
Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 09:00 AM
Amanda Linton’s four-year-old daughter Adeline has had several MRIs at CHEO since she was a baby, and she needed general anesthesia each time.
That meant days off work for a procedure that required more than three hours in hospital. The procedure itself is not easy on a child either: fasting beforehand, inserting a breathing tube in their airway during the MRI, and then grogginess from the medication as part of the recovery.
The wait-list for an MRI with general anesthesia could have also forced the family to wait more than...
CHEO sleep clinic increases capacity, treats urgent patients sooner
Posted on Friday, March 15, 2024 09:00 AM
The CHEO sleep clinic can now see more new patients and treat those with severe sleep apnea much sooner thanks to historic funding from the Ontario government last summer.
The sleep clinic at CHEO, which sees children referred for sleep-disordered breathing, includes the sleep lab — where overnight sleep studies are conducted to determine the severity of a child’s sleep apnea.
Dr. Sherri Katz, Division Chief of Pediatric Respirology at CHEO, says demand for sleep-related diagnosis has always been high, but more...
Growing up through CHEO
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2024 11:10 AM
Meet Cynthia Joly, an Advanced Practice Nurse in CHEO’s NICU
Forty-three years ago, due to a blood infection and jaundice, Cynthia spent her first days of life in CHEO’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Little did she know the NICU would eventually become her home for a second time – the place where she would become a nurse.Thinking back on her childhood, Cynthia has fond memories of her parents watching the annual CHEO Telethon, and her mom exclaiming, “That was just like you! You were there!”
Coming from a long line of...
After-hours appointments help cut down longstanding wait-lists at CHEO
Posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2024 09:00 AM
Following historic funding by the Ontario government last July, CHEO launched after-hours appointments for outpatient clinics to cut down wait times for testing, assessment, and treatment.
Since August, the in-person appointments – which run between 4 and 8 p.m. Monday to Friday, as well as up to three times per month on Saturday – have seen more than 1,600 patients in the first five months.
Stephanie Carter, director of Ambulatory Care at CHEO, says the wait-lists grew significantly because of the COVID-19...
How CHEO inspired Denise Melo to work with children
Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 09:18 AM
Meet Denise Melo, Registered Cardiology Technologist
Denise Melo’s journey with CHEO started as an infant when she suffered from a seizure. Due to reoccurring seizures, she was admitted to CHEO for observation as a one-year-old. A neurologist began following her care and told her mother that by the age of seven, Denise’s seizures should stop – luckily, she hasn’t had one since she was six. “I was well taken care of; he was a kind and good doctor,” reflects Denise.
Throughout her childhood, Denise...