Scientific Programme & Abstracts from the International Meeting in Pediatric Endocrinology (IMPE)

impe0096p110 | Multisystem Endocrine Disorders | IMPE2023

Experience in Transition from pediatric to adult care in chronic endocrinological pathology in a general hospital. Endocrinology transition clinic

Sofia Kastelic Maria , Tormo Silvina , Giacoia Evangelina , Varela Silvana , Veronica Forclaz Maria

Introduction: Advances in medicine in recent decades have increased the survival of pediatric patients with complex chronic pathologies who reach adulthood. Transition refers to the process followed by young persons with chronic conditions to transfer health care, in our case from the pediatric endocrinologist to the adult endocrinologist. It is a dynamic, complex process and must be planned considering medical, psychosocial and educational needs of the adoles...