Pharmacogenetics: Guiding Treatment for Children with Severe Depression
Depression and anxiety significantly affect many children and teens. For those struggling with these conditions, medication often serves as an effective treatment option. Many parents express concerns about starting their child on antidepressants. In response to these concerns, there's a growing shift towards personalized therapy. This approach takes into account individual factors such as genetic makeup, which can influence how a patient metabolizes and responds to medication.

Nicklaus Children's Hospital is the Only Children's Hospital in Florida Now Offering Intestinal Ultrasounds to Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Nicklaus Children's Hospital is the only pediatric hospital in Florida to offer intestinal ultrasounds to children and teens, who have been diagnosed with, or are suspected of having, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute Performs Florida’s First Partial Heart Transplant

Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute cardiovascular surgery team successfully performed Florida’s first partial heart transplant on an 11-year-old patient, implanting a donor “living valve” designed to grow with the child and reduce the need for future open-heart surgeries.

First Traveling Bedside PDA Closure Performed at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Fort Lauderdale NICU

The team at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute has successfully performed the first traveling bedside transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure on a 22-week-old premature infant weighing 800 grams within Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Fort Lauderdale, located on the campus of Broward Health Medical Center.