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| Adam L HershSummaryAffiliation: University of Utah Country: USA Publications
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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...
Variability in pediatric infectious disease consultants' recommendations for management of community-acquired pneumoniaAdam L Hersh
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e20325. 2011....- 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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...