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| Adam L HershSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Decreasing frequency of asthma education in primary careAdam L Hersh
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Asthma 47:21-5. 2010..Our objective was to describe national trends in the provision of asthma education by primary care physicians in office settings...- Antimicrobial stewardship programs in pediatricsAdam L Hersh
University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1211-7. 2009..To describe the prevalence, characteristics, and barriers to implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in pediatrics... - Changes in prescribing of antiviral medications for influenza associated with new treatment guidelinesAdam L Hersh
Division of General Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S362-4. 2009..Evaluating the effectiveness with which public health recommendations are translated into practice is important given the ongoing emergence of resistance to antiviral drugs and a novel H1N1 influenza virus... - Antibiotic selection for purulent skin and soft-tissue infections in ambulatory care: a decision-analytic approachAdam L Hersh
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Acad Pediatr 9:179-84. 2009..We sought to identify the antibiotic strategy with the highest probability of activity and to identify threshold values for epidemiologic variables including bacterial prevalence and antibiotic resistance... 
Pediatricians' perspectives on the impact of MRSA in primary care: a qualitative studyAdam L Hersh
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
BMC Pediatr 9:27. 2009..It is unknown how this epidemic has impacted primary care pediatricians in terms of their practice patterns and barriers they face to providing recommended therapies...- National trends in ambulatory visits and antibiotic prescribing for skin and soft-tissue infectionsAdam L Hersh
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, San Francisco, CA 94143 0936, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1585-91. 2008..It is unknown whether this development has affected the national rate of visits to primary care practices and emergency departments (EDs) and whether changes in antibiotic prescribing have occurred... - Hypertension screening during ambulatory pediatric visits in the United States, 2000-2009Daniel J Shapiro
Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Pediatrics 130:604-10. 2012.... - Prediction of vancomycin pharmacodynamics in children with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: a Monte Carlo simulationAdam Frymoyer
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 0912, USA
Clin Ther 32:534-42. 2010..A vancomycin AUC(0-24)/MIC index >400 best predicts treatment outcomes for invasive MRSA infection in adults. Data on whether recommended vancomycin doses in children achieve this break point are lacking... - Evolving epidemiologic characteristics of invasive group a streptococcal disease in Utah, 2002-2010Chris Stockmann
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, 84108, USA
Clin Infect Dis 55:479-87. 2012..Invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Recent national surveillance data report stable rates of invasive GAS disease, although these may not capture geographic variation... - Antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory pediatrics in the United StatesAdam L Hersh
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Pediatrics 128:1053-61. 2011..Broad-spectrum antibiotic use is increasing, which adds unnecessary cost and promotes the development of antibiotic resistance... - Impact of a hospitalwide increase in empiric pediatric vancomycin dosing on initial trough concentrationsAdam Frymoyer
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0503, USA
Pharmacotherapy 31:871-6. 2011.... - The changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease at a tertiary children's hospital through the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era: a case for continuous surveillanceKrow Ampofo
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:228-34. 2012..We recognized an opportunity to describe the changes in epidemiology, clinical syndromes, and serotype distribution during a 14-year period including 4 years before vaccine introduction and spanning the entire PCV7 era... - Underdiagnosis of pediatric obesity during outpatient preventive care visitsAnisha I Patel
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif 94118, USA
Acad Pediatr 10:405-9. 2010.... - Pediatric emergency departments are more likely than general emergency departments to treat asthma exacerbation with systemic corticosteroidsArpi Bekmezian
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0110, USA
J Asthma 48:69-74. 2011.... - Antibiotic prescribing during pediatric ambulatory care visits for asthmaIan M Paul
Department of Pediatrics, HS83, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
Pediatrics 127:1014-21. 2011..We sought to examine the frequency of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing during US ambulatory care pediatric asthma visits as well as the patient, provider, and systemic variables associated with such practice... - National trends in visit rates and antibiotic prescribing for children with acute sinusitisDaniel J Shapiro
Division of General Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Pediatrics 127:28-34. 2011..Our objective was to determine whether similar trends occurred for children with acute sinusitis... - Factors associated with prolonged emergency department length of stay for admitted childrenArpi Bekmezian
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:110-5. 2011..To estimate the prevalence of and to identify factors associated with prolonged emergency department length-of-stay (ED-LOS) for admitted children... - A national depiction of children with return visits to the emergency department within 72 hours, 2001-2007Christine S Cho
Division of General Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:606-10. 2012..The objectives of this study were to estimate the frequency of pediatric 72-hour return visits (RVs) to the emergency department (ED) between 2001 and 2007 and to determine demographic and clinical characteristics associated with these RVs... - National ambulatory antibiotic prescribing patterns for pediatric urinary tract infection, 1998-2007Hillary L Copp
Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94130, USA
Pediatrics 127:1027-33. 2011..The goal of this study was to investigate patterns of ambulatory antibiotic use and to identify factors associated with broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for pediatric urinary tract infections (UTIs)... - Rapid increase in use of antiviral therapy for hospitalized children with influenza during the 2009 H1N1 epidemicAdam L Hersh
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:895-7. 2011..This increased sharply to 84% during the 2009 H1N1 period, indicating a favorable response by physicians to clinical guidelines... - Antimicrobial stewardship in pediatric care: strategies and future directionsJason G Newland
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City, Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA
Pharmacotherapy 32:735-43. 2012.... - Bartonella vinsonii endocarditis in an adolescent with congenital heart diseaseLiset Olarte
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:531-4. 2012..berkhoffii endocarditis in a 19-year-old male with congenital heart disease. Diagnosis was established by Bartonella antibodies detected by immunofluorescence, and polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing from blood... - Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome among children in North AmericaRitu Banerjee
Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:736-9. 2011..To better characterize Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome (SP-HUS), we report the largest series of SP-HUS among children in North America... - A retrospective review of streptococcal infections in pediatric atopic dermatitisJeffrey L Sugarman
Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Pediatr Dermatol 28:230-4. 2011..Children with atopic dermatitis and group A streptococcal infection are more likely to have invasive disease and complications than those infected with Staphlococcus aureus alone... - Current recommended dosing of vancomycin for children with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections is inadequateAdam Frymoyer
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0912, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:398-402. 2009..It is unknown whether recommended vancomycin dosing regimens for children achieve this value... 
Dual skin testing for latent tuberculosis infection: a decision analysisAdam L Hersh
Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 24:254-9. 2003..Results were stable for a broad range of parameter values. CONCLUSIONS: DST is a promising approach to improving the specificity of LTBI testing when a 10-mm PPD cutpoint is used and would reduce costs and unnecessary drug treatment...- National trends in osteoporosis visits and osteoporosis treatment, 1988-2003Randall S Stafford
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:1525-30. 2004..We investigated patterns of pharmacotherapy from 1988 to 2003 and the impact of new medications on identification and treatment of patients with osteoporosis... - National use of postmenopausal hormone therapy: annual trends and response to recent evidenceAdam L Hersh
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif 94305, USA
JAMA 291:47-53. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Clinical practice responded rapidly to recent evidence of harms associated with hormone therapy. Since July 2002, many patients have discontinued hormone therapy or are tapering to lower doses...