Infusion and Sedation Center
The Infusion and Sedation Center at Akron Children’s Hospital provides two distinct services. Our sedation services are provided for children that need to hold still for a test or procedure and involves a sedation medication to help children relax. Infusion is an outpatient procedure providing IV therapy for children and young adults to treat a variety of conditions.
Our Doctors/Providers
Director, Pediatric Sedation Services; Pediatric Hospitalist
Director, Pediatric Infusion Services; Pediatric Hospitalist
Tarun Bhalla, MD, MBA, FAAP
Chair, Anesthesia & Pain Medicine; Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Sophia Chen, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist
Carly Dulabon, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist
LeRoy Eberly, MD
Director, Hospital Medicine at Akron Children's Hospital Beeghly Campus; Pediatric Hospitalist
Samantha Gunkelman, MD
Co-Director, Residency Quality Improvement Program; Pediatric Hospitalist
Lindsay Harsey, DO
Co-Director, EBM and Journal Club; Pediatric Hospitalist
Nimisha Jain, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist
Kathryn Mansel, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist; Associate Pediatric Residency Program Director; Co-Director, EBM and Journal Club
James Nard, MD
Director, Hospital Medicine; Pediatric Hospitalist and Sedationist
Susan Nofziger, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist
Lauren Ousley, DO
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Brittany Potts, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist; Medical Director, Hospital Based Services; Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Advanced Practice Providers
Hannah Rhodes, DO, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist
Zachary Rohrer, DO
Pediatric Hospitalist/Nocturnist
Lawrence Shaffer, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist
Jeffrey Solomon, MD, FAAP, FACP
Pediatric Hospitalist
Wendy Van Ittersum, MD, FAAP
Director, Pediatric Residency Simulation Program; Pediatric Hospitalist
Kenneth Wyatt, DO
Pediatric Hospitalist; Pediatric Clerkship Director
Jonathan Baldridge, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Megan Dahlheimer, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Anna Hauenstein, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Amanda Hubay, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Amanda Pelligra, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Jackie Pressman, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Leah Rawdon, MSN, APRN-CNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
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Infusion Center
The Infusion Center offers a comfortable, convenient, patient centered environment to receive intravenous infusions by specially-trained pediatric nurses. Infusion therapy is administered to pediatric patients who require one-time or ongoing IV therapy for a variety of acute and chronic illnesses. Some therapies available:
- Antibiotic therapy
- Biologics for treatment of arthritis and Gastrointestinal diseases
- Biosphosphonates (therapies to enhance bone density)
- Blood product transfusions
- Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
- Iron therapy
- IV fluid hydration
- Immune globulins
- IV steroids
- Mediport maintenance
- Monitoring of first dose medications for patients at high risk due to allergies
Sedation
Sedation is a safe way to keep children comfortable during a short, painful procedure or a long test that requires them to stay perfectly still. This includes:
- Radiology exams such as MRI, CAT scans, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine studies.
- Botox injections and nerve blocks to improve spasticity
- Lumbar punctures to collect and examine the fluid around the brain and spinal cord
- Biopsies to obtain tissue samples
- Hearing tests (brain stem evoked response tests)
- Removal of sutures or stitches
- Interventional radiology procedures
- Oncology procedures (bone marrow aspiration and biopsy)
- Dental procedures
- Joint injections
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