Selected Publications

Balcarcel DR, Mai MV, Mehta SD, Chiotos K, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Himes BE, Yehya N: Development and Validation of an Electronic Health Record-Based, Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Subphenotype Classifier Model. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 26(5), May 2025.

Good RJ, Ahern E, Weber MD, Miller KR, DeVine M, Mehta SD, Conlon TW, Himebauch AS: Temporary Femoral Central Venous Catheters in the PICU: Two-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study of Catheter Tip Position and Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism, 2016–2021. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 26(5): e657-e668, May 2025.

Mehta S, Zackoff M, Cieplinski-Robertson J: Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics ICUs: A Progressive Look at North America. WFPICCS May 2025 Notes: Podcast.

Napolitano N, An Y, Kelly N, Mehta SD, Tsui FR, Nishisaki A: Predicting Noninvasive Failure in Children with a Risk Failure Model. Critical Care Medicine 53(1): 857, February 2025 Notes: Research Snapshot Presentation, Critical Care Congress, Orlando, FL.

Gathers CL, Yehya N, Reddy A, Magee PM, Denny VC, Mayeda MR, O'Halloran A, Mehta SD, Wanamaker S, Fowler JC, Keim G: Geography and age drive racial and ethnic disparities in hospital mortality for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia in the United States: a retrospective population based cohort study of hospitalized patients. The Lancet Regional Health Americas 42: 101001, February 2025.

Balcarcel D, Keim G, Nishisaki A, Nadir Y, Mehta SD: Development and Validation of a Predictive Model for Non-Escalation in Bronchiolitis. Critical Care Medicine 53(1): 383, January 2025 Notes: Research Snapshot Presentation, Critical Care Congress, Orlando, FL.

Hunter RB, Thammasitboon S, Rahman SS, Fainberg N, Renuart A, Kumar S, Jain PN, Rissmiller B, Sur M, Mehta S: AI Chatbots in the PICU: Parental Enthusiasm Contrasts with Socioeconomic Usage Disparities. Critical Care Medicine 53(1): 406, January 2025 Notes: Research Snapshot Presentation, Critical Care Congress, Orlando, FL.

Hyde E, Mehta SD, Tsui FR, Silva LV, Nadkarni VM, Napolitano N, Shepard LN, Bruins BB, Kirschen M, Topjian AA, Laverriere EL, Nickel AJ, Dominick C, Nishisaki A: Novel Predictive Model for Pediatric Bag Mask Ventilation Breath Quality Using Capnography Waveforms. Critical Care Congress 53(1): 44, January 2025 Notes: Star Research Presentation, Critical Care Congress, Orlando, FL.

Hunter RB, Thammasitboon S, Rahman SS, Fainberg N, Renuart A, Kumar S, Jain PN, Rissmiller B, Sur M, Mehta S: Using ChatGPT to Provide Patient-Specific Answers to Parental Questions in the PICU. Pediatrics 154(5): e2024066615, November 2024.

Shepard LN, Mehta S, Graham K, Kienzle M, O'Halloran, Yehya N, Morgan RW, Keim GP: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Use and In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Bronchiolitis. Crit Care Explor 6(5): e1088, May 2024.