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Basics of Protecting Your Child in the Hospital
There are serious risks involved in hospitalization, especially for pediatric patients. Each year more inpatients die from hospital-caused problems than from any other cause. Here are some specific things you can do to protect your hospitalized child from death or serious injury.

Common Childhood Concerns
A potpourri of topics parents often have questions about such as sleeping, snoring and behavior.

Common Childhood Infections
Infectious diseases common in children, considerations and treatment options for each and when to call your pediatrician.

Coping with Tactile and Sensory Defensiveness
So now you've got a good idea that your disruptive child's behavior is caused by tactile defensiveness or sensory defensiveness. What do you do about it? Processes, coping mechanisms, appropriate responses, and other practical ways to reduce your child's pain and eliminate disruption...

Disruptive Child and Tactile Defensiveness
Pulling your hair out over your unreasonable and disruptive child? Can't understand what his problem is? Don't overlook underlying health causes, especially tactile defensiveness and sensory defensiveness. Learn how they work and what you can do to make life better for you and your family.

Pediatricians and Pediatric Practices
Topics about pediatricians and pediatric practices that can help you partner better with your child´s pediatrician.

Preventable Deaths Involuntary Breath Holding
Is your child a breath holder? Do you know the difference between a deliberate tantrum and involuntary breathholding? Breathholding can be a behavior, or it can be a symptom of a deadly underlying condition. Learn the precautions that might save the life of a child.

Preventable Pediatric Medication Errors
It’s bad enough for parent and child when a child requires hospitalization and possibly surgical intervention, without additional, preventable risks created by the hospital. Learn what you should know about the causes of pediatric inhospital deaths and how to prevent them in this series of articles.

Preventable Pediatric Nursing Care Errors
Each year, more patients die of hospital-caused infections, medication errors, and other adverse events than from any other cause. In order to act effectively, every parent needs to understand how hospitals are staffed and other basics that directly impact your child's safety when hospitalized.

Risk Management and Pediatric Patients
Your child faces serious risks from the hospital during any hospitalization. Each year, more patients die of hospital-caused infections, medication errors, and other adverse events than from any other cause. Here's why you have to be the risk manager for your child.