Do pediatric trauma nurse practitioners provide excellent care with superior patient satisfaction for injured children?
PNPs provide equivalent care for injured children with significantly shorter LOS and higher patient satisfaction than RESs. In-patient trauma nurse practitioners provide added value to the care of the injured child in the era of reduced RES work hours.
Patients' age and preoperative HbA1c can forecast diabetes remission following surgery. Unlike other studies, our group found that the use of oral anti-diabetics and insulin therapy were not independent predictors of postoperative diabetes status. Preoperative beta cell function, mainly C-peptide AUC, is useful in predicting diabetes remission, and it should be assessed in all obese diabetic patients before bariatric or metabolic surgery.