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S Burrows

Publications and source records attributed to S Burrows.

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PubMed1989

A strategy for curriculum integration of information skills instruction.

The ever increasing need of health professionals for information and the inclusion of active learning experiences in the medical school curriculum require that students learn the effective use of health information tools. Curriculum integration is gaining acceptance as an effective approach to teaching information skills in this setting. At the University of Miami School of Medicine, information skills components taught by library faculty are integrated into the Freshman Orientation Program and two sophomore curriculum courses. Beginning with a core set of skills and basic information management tools, more complex and subject-specific skills are introduced sequentially throughout the basic sciences curriculum. During the first two years, a wide range of information skills are taught, and students receive many opportunities to seek and identify information using both printed sources and computerized bibliographic databases. This paper describes how curriculum integration of information skills instruction was achieved and the many benefits of this approach. Included are a description of the information skills components, evaluation data, and future plans.

Computer Systems↗
PubMed1988

The economics of academic health sciences libraries: cost recovery in the era of big science.

With launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, science and technology became a high priority in the United States. During the two decades since, health sciences libraries have experienced changes in almost all aspects of their operations. Additionally, recent developments in medical care and in medical education have had major influences on the mission of health science libraries. In the unending struggle to keep up with new technologies and services, libraries have had to support increasing demands while they receive a decreasing share of the health care dollar. This paper explores the economic challenges faced by academic health sciences libraries and suggests measures for augmenting traditional sources of funding. The development of marketing efforts, institutional memberships, and fee-based services by the Louis Calder Memorial Library, University of Miami School of Medicine, is presented as a case study.

Direct Service Costs↗
PubMed1986

The application of prolonged electroencephalographic monitoring and video recording to the diagnosis of epilepsy.

This study reports the results of the application of intensive monitoring by electroencephalogram (EEG) combined with video recording as an aid to the diagnosis of epilepsy. A group of 622 patients was investigated; useful information was obtained in approximately 50% of these patients. Ten per cent of the patients with suspected epilepsy had a seizure during the period of recording. The combined analysis of the video recording and the EEG provided valuable evidence in the analysis of complex partial seizures and highlights the high prevalence of pseudoseizures in patients who are suspected of having epilepsy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

A comparison of Epstein-Barr virus-specific T-cell immunity in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis patients.

The level of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific T-cell-mediated immunity in 20 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was compared with 16 age- and sex-matched osteoarthritis (OA) patients using the regression of EBV-transformation assay. The results show that the level of EBV-specific T-cell immunity in RA patients is significantly depressed compared with OA patients (P less than .001) or healthy laboratory controls (P less than .001). In contrast, lymphocytes from RA and OA patients showed a similar ability to act as a responder population in the mixed leucocyte reaction. It is unlikely that the difference in EBV-specific immunity is due to a general T-cell defect in RA patients since there was no correlation between EBV-specific T-cell immunity and mixed leucocyte reactivity. There was no correlation between EBV-specific T-cell immunity and any of the indicators of disease activity nor was there any difference in the anti-EBV antibody titre between both groups of patients. These results indicate that RA patients are deficient in the EBV-specific cytotoxic T-cell precursor population and may explain some of the reported observations of the involvement of EBV in this disease.

Aged↗
PubMed1981

Managing financial crisis in the laboratory.

Recently the Department of Pathology, Cooper Medical Center, suffered a sudden reduction in its operating budget. Here the author explains the cause of the crisis and he outlines, for those whose laboratories may experience a similar cut in funds, the steps his department took to meet the reduction without decreasing significantly the laboratory services provided.

Diagnosis↗
PubMed1979

Pathologists in New Jersey--an endangered species.

Pathologists in New Jersey are compensated in accordance with the rate established by the state's rate review commissions. The author of this article, while granting that the theory is a worthy one, explains that in practice the reimbursement procedure is causing the decline of the quality of health care in New Jersey.

Facility Regulation and Control↗
PubMed1979

Searching the MEDLARS file on NLM and BRS a comparative study.

A comparison of the MEDLARS data base as it is currently available from the National Library of Medicine and Bibliographic Retrieval Services (BRS), Inc., is presented in chart format, and some major capability differences between the two systems are highlighted. The information inlcuded justifies the dual availability of the data base in health sciences libraries. This paper is intended for searchers and others familiar with one or both systems. Administrators considering the acquisition of the BRS system may find the study useful.

MEDLARS↗
PubMed1979

The application of prolonged EEG telemetry and videotape recording to the study of seizures and related disorders.

The clinical application of prolonged monitoring by the combined EEG and videotape recording of patients was evaluted. This test was found to be useful in diagnosing epileptic seizures in patients in whom both the history and diurnal EEG studies were unhelpful, and it assisted with the accurate classification of seizure types. It enabled seizure focus lateralisation in medically intractable epileptic who were being evaluated for surgery, and it also provided an objective estimate of minor seizure frequency. Prolonged EEG telemetry and videotape recording was especially useful in assessing additional seizures that develop in known epileptics. In some patients with syncope and drop attacks this technique helped to exclude atonic epileptic seizures and intermittent cardiac tachy-brady-arrhythmia as the underlying cause. As a method for identifying sleep disorders it has greater merits than conventional methods of polygraphic recordings.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Strangulation of umbilical cord by amniotic band.

Congenital malformation caused by amniotic bands is an extremely rare entity. A case report of a fetal death caused by constriction of the umbilical cord by an amniotic band which joined both hands is presented.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

The postmortem examination. Scientific necessity or folly?

Review of 252 autopsies on adult inpatients showed substantial differences between the major postmortem findings and the clinical diagnoses in 30 cases (11.9%). The clinical errors in at least half of these patients were of academic interest only. Errors in the diagnosis of malignant neoplasm occurred in 29 (25.7%) of 113 patients with cancer; however, all but three (2.7%) were of academic interest only. The results indicate that current diagnostic techniques may have decreased the value of the "routine" autopsy. Greater stress should be placed on the postmortem examination in selected cases rather than in a fixed percentage of deaths.

Adult↗