A total of 1628 human plasma samples from Cycle 1 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey were assayed for total 25-hydroxyvitamin D using the DiaSorin RIA method and the Diasorin “LIAISON 25 OH Vitamin D Total” method. Bland-Altman comparison showed an average bias of 4.8 ± 16.7 nmol/L (6.3%: P<0.001) with the LIAISON method giving higher values. The relationship was investigated using linear a...

This paper looks at the different hiatus resolution strategies in potential cases of /r/-liaison in nonrhotic English. Potential contexts of /r/-liaison were identified in a corpus of BBC newscasts and analysed auditorily and acoustically for the occurrence of /r/-liaison, glottal stops, creaky voice or hiatus. The results show that /r/-liaison is a common hiatus-breaking strategy although ther...

AIMS AND METHOD At a London teaching hospital, the existing off-site consultation model psychiatric liaison service for older people was replaced with an on-site liaison model service in December 2000. Several indicators of the functioning of the service were audited using identical methods before and after this change. RESULTS The case-load increased by 50%, but the liaison psychiatrists were ...

AIMS AND METHOD At a London teaching hospital, the existing off-site consultation model psychiatric liaison service for older people was replaced with an on-site liaison model service in December 2000. Several indicators of the functioning of the service were audited using identical methods before and after this change. RESULTS The case-load increased by 50%, but the liaison psychiatrists were ...

Volume , .  : April  Devorah Nazarian, MD Jim Richmann, RN, BS, MA(c), CEN (ENA Representative 2006-2007) Scott M. Silvers, MD Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH Robert L. Wears, MD, MS (Methodologist) Molly E. W. Thiessen, MD (EMRA Representative 2007) Stephen J. Wolf, MD Cherri D. Hobgood, MD (Board Liaison 2004-2006) Rhonda R. Whitson, RHIA, Staff Liaison, Clinical Policies Committee and Subc...

BACKGROUND When planning and delivering a liaison psychiatry service it is important to have an understanding of the research evidence supporting the use of interventions likely to be delivered by the service. AIMS To identify high-quality systematic reviews for all interventions in three defined areas of liaison psychiatry, to summarise their clinical implications and to highlight areas wher...