Mohsen Saidinejad
A5086926810- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Radiology practices and education
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
2016-2025
University of California, Los Angeles
2022-2025
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2025
UCLA Medical Center
2016-2024
American College of Emergency Physicians
2022-2024
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
2022-2024
American College of Surgeons
2023
American Academy of Family Physicians
2023
National Association of County and City Health Officials
2023
National Association of EMS Physicians
2023
This is a revision of the previous joint Policy Statement titled “Guidelines for Care Children in Emergency Department.” have unique physical and psychosocial needs that are heightened setting serious or life-threatening emergencies. The majority children who ill injured brought to community hospital emergency departments (EDs) by virtue proximity. It therefore imperative all EDs appropriate resources (medications, equipment, policies, education) capable staff provide effective care...
Emergency department (ED) crowding has been and continues to be a national concern. ED is defined as situation in which the identified need for emergency services outstrips available resources ED. Crowding associated with higher morbidity mortality, delayed pain control, time administration of antibiotics, increased medical errors, less-than-optimal health care. impedes hospital's ability achieve quality patient safety goals, diminishes effectiveness care net, limits capacity hospitals...
Synthetic cannabinoids are relatively novel substances of abuse. The use these compounds among adolescents and young adults has been increasing, making it important for pediatric providers to be familiar with the presenting signs symptoms intoxication. We describe three case presentations reported synthetic cannabinoid intoxication provide a brief discussion compounds.
This Technical Report was reaffirmed July 2020. report provides a summary of best practices for improving flow, reducing waiting times, and the quality care pediatric patients in emergency department.
This Clinical Report was reaffirmed February 2022.
Pediatric patients cared for in emergency departments (EDs) are at high risk of medication errors a variety reasons. A multidisciplinary panel was convened by the Emergency Medical Services Children program and American Academy Pediatrics Committee on Medicine to initiate discussion safety ED. Top opportunities identified improve include using kilogram-only weight-based dosing, optimizing computerized physician order entry clinical decision support, developing standard formulary pediatric...
* Abbreviation: ED — : emergency department The number of children and adolescents seen in departments (EDs) primary care settings for mental health problems has skyrocketed recent years, with up to 23% patients both having diagnosable conditions.1–4 Even when a problem is not the focus an or visit, conditions, known occult, may challenge treating clinician complicate patient’s care.4 Although American Academy Pediatrics published policy statement on competencies Mental Health Toolkit...
Millions of pediatric patients require some level emergency care annually, and significant barriers limit access to appropriate services for large numbers children. The American Academy Pediatrics has a strong commitment identifying care, working surmount these obstacles, encouraging, through education system changes, improved levels available all
Mental and behavioral health (MBH) visits of children youth to emergency departments are increasing in the United States. Reasons for these range from suicidal ideation, self-harm, eating substance use disorders outbursts, aggression, psychosis. Despite increase prevalence conditions, capacity care system screen, diagnose, manage patients continues decline. Several social determinants also contribute great disparities child adolescent (youth) health, which affect MBH outcomes. In addition,...
The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected children's mental health (MH) and changed patterns of MH emergency department (ED) utilization. Our objective was to assess how pediatric ED visits during the differed from expected prepandemic trends.
Prior research has identified deficiencies in the standard process of providing instructions for care at discharge from emergency department (ED). Patients typically receive a brief verbal instruction, along with preformatted written documents. Studies have found that understanding and retention such information by families are very poor, leading to nonadherence follow-up care, unnecessary return visit ED, poor health outcomes. The combination systems factors (information content, delivery...
Mental and behavioral health (MBH) emergencies in children youth continue to increasingly affect not only the emergency department (ED), but entire spectrum of medical services for children, from prehospital community. Inadequate community institutional infrastructure care with MBH conditions makes ED an essential part safety net these patients. As a result, increasing number are referred evaluation broad emergencies, depression suicidality disruptive aggressive behavior. However, challenges...
Objectives: This study compares care-seeking behavior, care delivery, and outcomes for infants with suspected brief resolved unexplained events (BRUEs) who were treated by emergency medical services (EMS) department clinicians before after the onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic stay-at-home mandates. Methods: multicenter, retrospective observational uses prehospital hospital data on EMS-treated (age ≤12 months) a primary paramedic impression BRUE. We evaluated...
Background The Internet may represent an opportunity for health care providers in the emergency department (ED) to deliver discharge instructions and after-care educational materials electronically patients their caregivers. Objectives objectives of this study were determine prevalence access use among caregivers children who visit ED evaluate interest receiving communication material electronically. Methods We distributed a self-administered survey convenience sample English-speaking...
This Clinical Report was reaffirmed February 2022.