Clinical Pathways

Clinical pathways are resources for healthcare providers, offering recommendations on the care of patients with a particular clinical condition. Clinical pathways are meant to complement clinical judgment. They are not meant to be applied rigidly in all cases. Our goal in sharing these pathways is to standardize best practice and provide resources to practitioners. These pathways are developed through review of current literature and best available evidence by individual clinical champions and other content experts working in collaboration with the Cook Children's Clinical Excellence Committee (CEC).

About Cook Children's clinical pathways

• Our clinical pathways are built upon the latest medical evidence and are intended as a reference for practitioners. Clinical pathways may need to be adapted to each specific patient based on the practitioner’s professional judgment, consideration of any unique circumstances, the needs of the patient and their family, and the resources available where the patient is receiving care.
• Accordingly, these clinical pathways are not intended to constitute medical advice or treatment, or to create a doctor-patient relationship between/among Cook Children’s, its physicians, and the individual patients in question.
• While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the published clinical pathways, it is acknowledged that they may not encompass every possible scenario or medical situation.

Access clinical pathways on your mobile devices

For iOS:

1. 1. Open Safari and navigate to the webpage you want to add.
   2. Tap the Share icon (square with an upward arrow).
   3. Select "Add to Home Screen".
   4. Optionally edit the name, then tap "Add".

For Android:

1. 1. Open Chrome or your default browser and navigate to the webpage.
   2. Tap the three-dot menu icon and select "Add to Home screen".
   3. Optionally edit the name, then tap "Add".

The webpage will now appear as an app icon on your home screen. Tapping the icon will open Cook Children's clinical pathways in your default browser.

Evidence-based care for every child

Clinical pathways can serve as the foundation for quality improvement initiatives, offering process maps that, when coupled with metrics, enable the monitoring of patient care effectiveness and efficiency. Cook Children's clinical pathways are periodically adapted to incorporate new evidence and insights, making them pivotal in bridging the gap between evidence and real-time clinical decision-making.

The following clinical pathways help us provide evidence-based care for every child. As information and research regarding equitable care and health disparities evolve in pediatrics, Cook Children’s clinical pathways will also continue to evolve.

Accuracy and comprehensiveness

These clinical pathways are not meant to replace medical advice or treatment, nor do they establish a doctor-patient relationship between Cook Children's and the patients they pertain to. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the published clinical pathways, it's acknowledged that they may not encompass every possible scenario or medical situation. As such, Cook Children's assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the pathways or for any outcomes resulting from their use by healthcare providers.