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G M Barton

Publications and source records attributed to G M Barton.

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PubMed1976

Leucocyte ascorbic acid in abnormal leucocyte states.

Leucocyte ascorbic acid was estimated in patients with abnormal leucocyte states and other haematological disorders. Levels below the normal range were found in most cases of chronic myeloid leukaemia and chronic lymphatic leukaemia. Subnormal levels were found in more than a third of patients with acute leukaemias, lymphomas, glandular fever, myelofibrosis, and polycythaemia, and in the same proportion of patients receiving cytotoxic drugs, and also in those with a polymorph leucocytosis and those with purpura. Most patients with anaemia but a normal leucocyte count, and those with myelomatosis had normal levels. The majority of pregnant women tested had subnormal levels. In a wide variety of leucocyte disorders the leucocyte ascorbic acid may not be an accurate index of the body's Vitamin C status. The results also support the supposition that leucocyte ascorbic acid is mostly carried by normal mature polymorphs.

Ascorbic Acid↗
PubMed1971

Bronchial reactions to western red cedar (Thuja plicata).

The clinical features and the results of investigations (including immunological tests) of three patients with asthma due to western red cedar are described. Bronchial provocation tests with extract of this wood produced immediate asthmatic reaction in one patient, late asthmatic and peripheral reactions in another and late asthmatic reaction alone in the third. While mild immediate skin reactions were detected in two patients, no late skin reactions were observed. Serum precipitins to this extract were not detected. An attempt was made to identify the responsible allergen in the red cedar extract.

Adult↗
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Fiscal planning in developing psychiatric emergency services.

Two actual budgets are highlighted here to emphasize their worth as models for other programs to copy. Their deficiencies are also discussed so that more attention to headings and content might be paid by administrators facing similar budgetting processes. The need for programs to expand considerable more effort initially to plan fiscally for their emergency psychiatry service is emphasized. With a proper needs assessment and statistical forecasting, resource planning and allocation can be estimated more accurately. Even with the wild fluctuations of case load which all emergency psychiatric services experience, trends do become obvious with scrutiny. Ongoing statistical data can further define future budgets more accurately. More attention to the standard expense categories will clarify where the money is expected to go. More care in identifying income generation through better billing procedures, bill itemization, community fund identification, governmental supplement requests can be clearly documented by an income budget. Without it a program looks like an errant stepchild--spending everyone else's hard earned money and not contributing to the fiscal stability of the parent organization.

Budgets↗
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Training and research in emergency psychiatry.

In this chapter we have attempted to describe some of the issues that must be addressed in funding, designing, and running a research and training program for emergency psychiatry. Such a program serves the in-house needs of staff training, skill and morale renewal, and program evaluation. In addition it can serve as a resource for the community to train a future cadre of individuals and to seek answers that will provide a solid base of knowledge for emergency psychiatry in the future.

Emergency Services, Psychiatric↗