Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2014 Aug;61(4):761-83. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2014.04.008. Epub 2014 Jun 3.
Children with life-threatening illnesses (LTIs) are hospitalized more often and spend more days in the hospital than children without LTIs. Hospitalizations may be associated with changes in health status of children with LTIs and thus alter their care needs significantly. Transitional care is particularly relevant for this population. Pediatric palliative care clinicians and teams are well-positioned to improve transitional care of children with LTIs by facilitating communication between clinicians and educating clinicians about issues related to children with LTIs.
患有危及生命疾病(LTIs)的儿童比没有 LTIs 的儿童更频繁地住院,住院时间也更长。住院可能与 LTIs 患儿的健康状况变化有关,从而显著改变他们的护理需求。过渡护理对这一人群尤为重要。儿科姑息治疗临床医生和团队通过促进临床医生之间的沟通以及向临床医生传授与 LTIs 患儿相关的问题,为改善 LTIs 患儿的过渡护理提供了有利条件。