Publications by authors named "Sina Shah-Hosseini"
Children with autism spectrum disorder and developmental disabilities (ASD/DD) often experience severe co-occurring psychological and behavioral challenges, which can warrant inpatient psychiatric care. However, very little is known about the characteristics and clinical care of children with ASD/DD within the context of inpatient psychiatric settings. In this paper, we describe factors unique to inpatients with ASD or DD, by drawing on electronic health records from over 2300 children and adolescents ages 4-17 years admitted to a pediatric psychiatric inpatient unit over a 3-year period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis case report describes a qualitative investigation into how a Hands-free Communication Device (HCD) system impacted communication among anesthesia staff in a pediatric surgical suite. The authors recruited a purposive sample that included anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, circulating nurses, a charge nurse, and a postanesthesia care unit nurse. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and observations, then analyzed using a constant comparison approach.
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- The study investigates the safety of 2-hour preoperative clear liquid fasting in overweight/obese children undergoing day surgery, hypothesizing that BMI and fasting duration wouldn't affect gastric fluid volume (GFV) or pH.
- Data collected from 1,000 pediatric surgery patients aged 2-12 included demographics, medical history, and gastric content measurements after intubation to assess GFV.
- Results showed that 14% of participants were overweight and 13.3% were obese, but GFV was similar across all BMI groups when adjusted for ideal body weight, indicating that fasting may not pose a significant risk for these patients.