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M S Leonard

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PubMed1979

Eikenella corrodens: a new pathogen.

Oral infections that result from trauma or dental manipulation are often thought to be of minor importance to the practicing clinician. The majority of oral infections respond well to treathis form of simple therapy is no longer as efficacious as it has been though to be. Soment with the common antibiotics without the need for laboratory culture and sensitivity. There are instances, becoming increasingly frequent, when this form of simple therapy is no longer as efficacious as it has been thought to be. Some exotic infections are frequently recalcitrant to treatment. These infections are usually caused by ubiquitious organisms, such as Eikenella corrodens. We are presenting several of our cases that were caused by this organism, as well as a review of some aspects of its microbiology, in order to attract the attention and interest of our colleagues in dental practice to this increasingly frequent problem.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Method for evaluating drug information systems.

A method for evaluating drug information systems is described. The method measures both qualitative and quantitative performance. For the categories, "Basic Therapeutic Information", and "Commercial and Investigational Product Information," specific data that should be present are identified; evaluated systems are searched for these data related to a standard sample of 122 drugs. Systems are also searched for the presence of any information relating to these drugs in the categories, "Applied Clinical Research Information" and "Nonclinical Laboratory Research Information". In addition, systems are searched for the presence of 215 drug-drug interactions and 244 drug-laboratory test interferences. Using relative weights that have been assigned to the content statistics, an aggregate measure of system's content is determined. The method also measures annual cost of operating a system. The application of the method to two drug information systems is discussed briefly.

Computers↗
PubMed1978

A quality of care evaluation measure for emergency medical service systems.

This paper presents the development and validation of an emergency medical service (EMS) systems quality of care evaluation measure. The System Input Severity Measure consists of a set of single and multiple injury survival rates that would be expected to occur in an EMS system classified as providing "baseline" advanced life support services. These expected survival rates were developed by a nationwide panel of emergency medicine experts through the use of the Delphi group opinion surveying technique. Validation of the System Input Severity Measure was a twofold process. First, reliability of the results of the Delphi surveying process was validated by comparing the resultant expected survival rates with Illinois Trauma Registry data. Second, the applicability of the measure was validated using data collected in EMS systems generally recognized to be providing exceptional (either superior or inferior) emergency patient care. It was recognized that the development of a comprehensive, large-scale System Input Severity Measure through the use of the Delphi technique alone is impractical. Consequently, a functional relationship between single and multiple injury survival rates was also developed. It appeared that when employed in conjunction with data developed from the Delphi technique, such an approach would make practicable the development of a comprehensive System Input Severity Measure.

Delphi Technique↗
PubMed1977

Computer-based analysis of 227 white males and females to establish range of malar-maxillary cephalometric relationships.

A computer-based analysis was undertaken on 227 white males and females to establish the relationship of the sella-nasion orbitale angle to that of the sella-nasion A point. The ratio of sella-orbitale to sella-nasion was also studied and it was discovered that these results were significantly related to the sella-nasion A-point angle. There was little sexual dimorphism. These results provide objective guidelines to the surgical treatment of people suffering from hypoplastic development of the middle part of the face.

Adolescent↗