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Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) is a pediatric hospital and a Level I trauma center located in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is the sixth largest in the United States, serving children from birth to age twenty-one. ACH is an affiliate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and serves as a teaching hospital under the UAMS College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics.〔CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service http://www.centerwatch.com/professional/pro1898.html〕〔 ACH staff consists of more than 500 physicians, 80 residents, and 3,500 support staff members. The campus spans 29 city blocks and has a floor space totaling over .〔ACH Press Release - About Us http://www.archildrens.org/about/〕 First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton served on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital Legal Services from 1988 to 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton )〕 ==Services== ACH provides a comprehensive set of inpatient, outpatient, and specialty services for patients and families.〔ACH Medical Services http://www.archildrens.org/medical_services/services.asp〕 What follows is an overview of the most notable: *Child Life and Education Department - "The Child Life and Education Department addresses the emotional, social, educational and recreational needs of hospitalized children and adolescents. As recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Child Life programs utilize developmentally appropriate activities to minimize stress and anxiety and to foster positive feelings about health care." *Neonatal Unit - "March 2005 marked the 25th anniversary of the ACH Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). With 65 bassinets and the ability to care for more than 80 infants, the unit is one of the largest in the nation. Bassinets and equipment are arranged in six-unit pods where there is a noticeable reduction in the bright lights and noise levels (current expansions are planned which will convert existing pods to private rooms). Other facilities include a lactation room and five multi-purpose rooms that can be used for teaching homecare or mother-child bonding." *Ilizarov Bone-lengthening - "...Dr. James Aronson is the recognized leading practitioner of the Ilizarov bone-lengthening technique in the United States. He is one of only a half-dozen orthopaedic surgeons in America who are truly accomplished in this procedure. He studied this unique method of lengthening short limbs from the developer of the process, Professor G.A. Ilizarov in Siberia in the 1980s and was the first to bring it to this country. It is a complex procedure involving the severing of bones and attachment of external metal fixators (braces) to stretch them as they heal." *da Vinci Surgical System - "In April of 2003, Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) announced the installment of newly-developed robotic surgery technology for its patients. The equipment is known as the da Vinci surgical system. ACH is only the second independent pediatric hospital to install this equipment. Robotic surgery incorporates robotic technology with minimally invasive surgery. The help of the robot allows the surgeon to perform complex operations through small incisions, which may result in less pain and a faster recovery for the patient." *The Burn Center - "The only Burn Center in the state of Arkansas provides quality and personal care for pediatric as well as adult patients. The Burn Center staff also provides prevention and education programs for communities throughout the state. *Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Unit - "The hospital is equipped to care for ECMO patients. ECMO, a heart-lung bypass technique, is used to treat infants and children with reversible, life-threatening heart or lung disease when conventional methods have failed. It is most often used to treat infants with meconium aspiration syndrome or congenital diaphragmatic hernia. However, it also can be effective for infants with sepsis, primary pulmonary hypertension, respiratory distress syndrome or barotrauma with air leaks. ECMO bypass is designed for use over a long period of time (days or weeks) as opposed to the short-term machines used for open-heart surgery. ACH is one of only two hospitals in America that can fly an ECMO patient." *Center for Craniofacial Anomalies - "The Craniofacial Clinic is the only program of its kind in the region. It provides diagnosis, evaluation and treatment for children with a variety of craniofacial deformities and malformations. The Craniofacial Team consists of pediatric neurosurgeons, craniofacial plastic surgeons, a craniofacial orthodontist, an otolaryngologist, a geneticist, a prosthetist, an orthotist, a speech/language pathologist and a child life specialist." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arkansas Children's Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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