Moderate dose inhaled corticosteroid-induced symptomatic adrenal suppression: case report and review of the literatureRichard H Schwartz
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:1184-90. 2012
..Major stress such as surgery, gastrointestinal, bronchopulmonary, or other systemic infections, and heat stress may mandate a written plan of action for use by hospital physicians...
- Streptococcal intertrigo of the cervical folds in a five-month-old infant
Robert A Silverman
Section of Dermatology and Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:872-3. 2012
..We present a case of severe intertrigo in the neck of a 5-month-old infant. The cause was Streptococcus pyogenes...
- Loud clicking sounds associated with rapid soft palate muscle contractions
Richard H Schwartz
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:158-9. 2012
..This type is characteristically associated with clicking tinnitus, heard by the affected person as well as those in close proximity. The clicking noise is not continuous, ceases during sleep, and is not lifelong...
Once-daily ofloxacin otic solution versus neomycin sulfate/polymyxin B sulfate/hydrocortisone otic suspension four times a day: a multicenter, randomized, evaluator-blinded trial to compare the efficacy, safety, and pain relief in pediatric patients with Richard H Schwartz
Advanced Pediatrics, Vienna, VA 22180, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 22:1725-36. 2006
..3% [Floxin otic solution]) for 10 days has been reported to be as effective and well tolerated as neomycin sulfate/polymyxin B sulfate/hydrocortisone otic suspension (Cortisporin otic suspension) administered four times daily for 10 days...
- Infant pacifiers: an overview
Richard H Schwartz
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 47:327-31. 2008
- Computed tomography imaging of the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses in children with short-duration purulent rhinorrhea
R H Schwartz
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Virginia, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 124:160-3. 2001
..There are no comparable data for children. The purpose of this study was to document the sinus CT findings in children with short-duration purulent rhinorrhea...
- Urine testing for drugs of abuse: a survey of suburban parent-adolescent dyads
Richard H Schwartz
Vienna Pediatric Associates, 115 Park St SE, Suite 203, Vienna, VA 22180, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:158-61. 2003
..The American Academy of Pediatrics is opposed to involuntary diagnostic testing for drugs of abuse...
- Marijuana: a decade and a half later, still a crude drug with underappreciated toxicity
Richard H Schwartz
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Pediatrics 109:284-9. 2002
..More important, a decade ago, he reestablished an excellent and close relationship with his parents. As far as I can tell, Keith remains drug-free except for an occasional beer...
- Comparison of the Inverness Medical Acceava Strep A test with the Genzyme OSOM and Quidel QuickVue Strep A tests
Tanya Rogo
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 50:294-6. 2011
..Overnight culture on standard 5% sheep blood agar was the reference standard for this study. All 3 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-waived tests had sensitivities and specificities that exceeded 95%...
- Selective mutism: are primary care physicians missing the silence?
Richard H Schwartz
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 45:43-8. 2006
..Behavioral modification, pharmacotherapy with SSRIs, and early intervention are viable treatment options. Early diagnosis is key to preventing long-term effects of this condition...
- Stuttering priapism associated with withdrawal from sustained-release methylphenidate
Richard H Schwartz
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
J Pediatr 144:675-6. 2004
..To our knowledge, this is the first such report of stuttering priapism associated with stimulant drugs for treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...
- Comparison of the Inverness Medical Acceava Strep A test with the Genzyme OSOM and Quidel QuickVue Strep A tests
Tanya Rogo
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 49:1050-2. 2010
..Overnight culture on standard 5% sheep blood agar was the reference standard for this study. All 3 CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments)-waived tests had sensitivities and specificities that exceeded 95%...
- Antibiotics for simple upper respiratory tract infections: a survey of academic, pediatric, and adult clinical allergists
Mehdi Adeli
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 100:377-83. 2008
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- Judicious antibiotic use for purulent rhinorrhea: do pediatric infectious disease specialists practice what they preach?
Ekopimo O Ibia
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 42:443-6. 2003
- Intranasal mucocele of the nasolacrimal duct: an important cause of neonatal nasal obstruction
Allison Brachlow
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia 22042, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 43:479-81. 2004
..The purpose of this report is to familiarize pediatricians with this entity, which was the most common cause of anatomic anterior nasal obstruction at our hospital...
- Medical marijuana: a survey of teenagers and their parents
Richard H Schwartz
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 42:547-51. 2003
..20). Twenty-eight percent of the parent group and 55% of the teenagers believed that passage of state laws for medical marijuana would make it easier for teens to smoke marijuana for medical purposes...
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa septic shock secondary to "gripe water" ingestion
David Sas
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:176-7. 2004
..Pediatricians should be aware that the variable manufacturing and packaging conditions of herbal supplements can lead to contamination with infectious agents...
- Pott puffy tumor in a 5-year-old girl with frontal sinusitis
Tanya Rogo
Department of Pediatrics, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Ear Nose Throat J 92:E24-6. 2013
..Computed tomography confirmed frontal sinusitis and an epidural abscess. This case is unusual in that the patient's age at presentation was younger than the age when the frontal sinuses are believed to develop...
- Painless bloody nipple discharge in a 16-month-old infant
Richard H Schwartz
Department of Pediatrics, Inova-Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 45:859-60. 2006
- Adolescent abuse of dextromethorphan
Richard H Schwartz
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, Virginia 22180, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 44:565-8. 2005
..Megadoses of dextromethorphan used to self-intoxicate, can produce a false-positive screening test for phencyclidine in a urine specimen...
- Are pediatricians adhering to principles of judicious antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections?
Sumathi Nambiar
Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children and Inova Institute for Research and Education, Falls Church, VA, USA
South Med J 95:1163-7. 2002
..This study compared use of antibiotics for URI in children before (1995) and after (1998) publication of the principles and compared survey responses with practice habits...
- A randomized comparative study of levofloxacin versus amoxicillin/clavulanate for treatment of infants and young children with recurrent or persistent acute otitis media
Gary J Noel
Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, L L C, Raritan, NJ 08869, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:483-9. 2008
..The need for alternative antimicrobial therapy for recurrent and persistent acute otitis media (AOM) in children has raised interest in assessing the efficacy and safety of fluoroquinolones for treatment of these infections...
- A randomized, multicenter, double blind, double dummy trial of single dose azithromycin versus high dose amoxicillin for treatment of uncomplicated acute otitis media
Adriano Arguedas
Instituto de Atención Pediátrica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:153-61. 2005
..Single dose azithromycin (30 mg/kg) is considered an alternative agent for the treatment of AOM...
- Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Infectious Diseases Society of America
Alan L Bisno
Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL 33125, USA
Clin Infect Dis 35:113-25. 2002
