Systematic review addressing nurse practitioner reimbursement policy: Part one of a four-part series on critical topics identified by the 2015 nurse practitioner research agenda.

Background And Purpose: The growth and sustainability of nurse practitioners (NPs) requires transparent, fair and equitable reimbursement policies. Complicating this issue is variation in reimbursement policy within and across federal, state, and other payers. Even with explicit regulations, there remain questions on how reimbursement policies are covertly operationalized in practice.

Rhinofibroscopic and Rhinomanometric Evaluation of Patients with Maxillary Contraction Treated with Rapid Maxillary Expansion. A Prospective Pilot Study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate through nasal fiber optic endoscopy and rhinomanometry the patency of upper nasal airways in patients treated with rapid palatal expansion Study design: 30 patients (12 males and 18 females) aged 7-11 years with transverse maxillary constriction underwent rhinomanometric and fiberoptic examination before (T0) and after rapid palatal expansion (T1).The amount of nasopharynx obstruction was quantified with reference to the full choanal surface. Nasal resistance was recorded separately for right and left sides, and combined for both sides.

Cephalometric and dental arch changes to Haas-type rapid maxillary expander anchored to deciduous vs permanent molars: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To assess radiographic changes and dental arch changes with Haas-type rapid maxillary expansion (H-RME) anchored to deciduous versus permanent molars in children with unilateral posterior crossbite.

Methods: In all, 70 patients with unilateral posterior crossbite were randomly allocated to group GrE (H-RME on second deciduous molars) or Gr6 (H-RME on first permanent molars) and compared between T0 (before treatment) and T1 (at the RME removal; i.e.

Dental arch response to Haas-type rapid maxillary expansion anchored to deciduous vs permanent molars: A multicentric randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To assess maxilla and mandibular arch widths' response to Haas-type rapid maxillary expansion (RME) anchored to deciduous vs permanent molars on children with unilateral posterior crossbite.

Materials And Methods: Seventy patients with unilateral posterior crossbite recruited at the Universities of Genova, Siena, and Insubria (Varese) were randomly located into GrE (RME on second deciduous molars) or Gr6 (RME on first permanent molars) and compared.

Results: Upper intermolar distance and permanent molar angulation increased significantly in Gr6 vs GrE at T1.