Hinton Robert B
Division of Cardiology, MLC 2003, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2008 Jun;20(2):149-58, v. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2008.01.004.
Genetics has transformed the use of family history information and has led to the reemergence of the detailed genetic family history. It is critical that public and professional educational efforts to increase family history awareness and working knowledge are prioritized. Patient maintenance of the pedigree provides increased patient awareness and facilitates some of the limitations associated with conventional medical history ascertainment, ultimately improving health care and research. The increasing use of genetic screening promises to cultivate a paradigm shift in medical treatment emphasizing primary prevention and early intervention. Appreciation of the family history is necessary to make this important advance.
遗传学改变了家族病史信息的应用方式,并促使详细的遗传家族病史再度出现。优先开展旨在提高家族病史意识和实用知识的公众和专业教育工作至关重要。患者维护家系图可提高患者的意识,并有助于克服传统病史确定方法存在的一些局限性,最终改善医疗保健和研究。基因筛查的日益广泛应用有望推动医疗模式向强调一级预防和早期干预的方向转变。认识家族病史对于实现这一重要进展十分必要。