Arkansas Children's Hospital
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{{Infobox Hospital
| Name = Arkansas Children's Hospital
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| Location =
| Region = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
| State = Arkansas
| Country = US
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| HealthCare = <!-- UK:NHS. AU/CA: Medicare. US:Medicare/Medicaid/Charity/Public. ELSE freetext, eg Private -->
| Type = Specialist
| Specialty = Pediatric Hospital
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| Affiliation = [[University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences]]
| Beds = 290
| Founded = 1912
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| Website = http://www.archildrens.org/
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'''Arkansas Children's Hospital''' (ACH), an affiliate of the [[University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences]], is the only [[pediatric]] medical center in [[Arkansas]] and the sixth largest in the [[United States]], serving children from birth to age twenty-one.<ref name="sixth">CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service http://www.centerwatch.com/professional/pro1898.html</ref> This pediatric health care facility is internationally renowned for medical breakthroughs and intensive treatments,{{Fact|date=May 2007}} unique surgical procedures and forward-thinking medical research.{{Fact|date=May 2007}}
Arkansas Children's Hospital has been voted one of the United States' top 10 pediatric hospitals,<ref name="Ranked">ACH Press Release http://www.ach.uams.edu/resources/health_ekids/jul05/best_hospitals.asp</ref> and has been profiled on the [[Discovery Health Channel]].<ref name="Profiled">ACH Press Release https://secure.archildrens.org/press_room/viewPressRelease_Story.asp?PRID=5806</ref>
In the 1980s, the woman who would soon become [[First Lady of the United States]], [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[New York]], and a potential [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] presidential candidate in the 2008 presidential election, [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]], became the hospital's Honorary Chair, helping transform it into one of the nation's largest [[children's hospital]]s.
ACH is one of the largest employers in Arkansas and ''Fortune'' named the hospital in its top 100 "Best Companies to Work For" in 2008. <ref name="Top100">Fortune http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/snapshots/76.html</ref>
In 2007 ACH treated the case of 20 month old Jacob Esses, which spurned the recall of the [[Aqua Dots]] toy. After swallowing a number of the toy beads, [[1,4-Butanediol|1,4-butanediol]] coating the beads was metabolized to [[Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid]] (GHB, a recreational anesthetic). <ref name="IHT">International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Toys-Date-Rape-Drug.php</ref><ref name="USAToday">USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-09-toy-recall-chemicals_N.htm</ref> The drug has been shown to cause unconsciousness, drowsiness, seizures, coma, or death.<ref name="ghb">US Drug Enforcement Administration http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/ghb_factsheet.html</ref>
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== References ==
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[[Category:Children's hospitals in the United States]]
[[Category:Teaching hospitals in the United States]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Pediatric hospitals in the United States]]
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