Key result
Review outlines key strategies for transitioning adolescent congenital heart disease patients to adult care.
Why the study?
Effective coordination of care from pediatric to adult health care is imperative for the long-term management of increasing numbers of adolescents surviving congenital heart disease.
Highlights the importance of and presents strategies for the effective transition of adolescents with congenital heart disease into adult health care.
Transition planning merits clinical attention in adolescent congenital heart disease; leaves open the comparative effectiveness of specific strategies.
The effort and commitment dedicated to the treatment of children with congenital heart disease over the past 50 years has been astounding. Therefore, it is imperative to ensure these young patients who have survived the varying challenges of their conditions a smooth transition into a new world of adult health care. The key to the long-term management of an increasing number of children surviving congenital heart disease is the effective coordination of care from pediatric to adult health care. Strategies for facilitating the transition of the adolescent with congenital heart disease into adult health care practices are presented in this paper.
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Higgins et al. (2003) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease. Transition strategies to adult health care was evaluated. This review presents strategies for facilitating the transition of adolescents with congenital heart disease into adult health care practices.
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