Joint team
work smooths
transition
from pediatric
to adult care
T
hanks to advances in diagnosis and
treatment, more and more children
with complex chronic diseases and med-
ical conditions survive past adulthood.
At the McGill University Health Centre
(MUHC), many of these young patients
build strong ties with their pediatric
PHOTO: GILDA SALOMONE
healthcare teams. To ensure a successful
Amayrani Oropeza, qui était une patiente de l’HME depuis trois ans, vient de terminer son transfert à l’HRV. Eighteen-year-old Amayrani Oropeza, who was a patient of the MCH for the past three
years, has just completed her transfer to the RVH, where she is now followed in the Young Adult
Kidney Transplant Clinic by an interdisciplinary adult and pediatric team.
transition from pediatric to adult care,
they need plenty of time, support and a
warm welcome in an environment that
meets their special needs.
“Transition is a process and it happens
on both sides. Pediatric teams must help
teenagers and families prepare for the
transfer, whereas adult teams must ensure
they offer a warm and supportive welcome
to young patients with special needs,” says
Les cliniques conjointes
facilitent la transition
des soins pédiatriques
vers les soins pour adultes
Dr. Lorraine Bell, as she addresses some 20
Par | By Gilda Salomone
to Adult Care Project at the MCH, sees many
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râce aux percées diagnostiques et thérapeutiques, de plus en plus d’enfants atteints
de maladies chroniques et d’affections médicales complexes survivent à l’âge adulte.
Au Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM), bon nombre de ces jeunes entretiennent des
practitioners from the Montreal Children’s
Hospital (MCH-MUHC) and the Royal Vic-
toria Hospital (RVH-MUHC) during the first
Transition to Adult Care presentation at the
Glen site of the MUHC.
Dr. Bell, who is the director of the Pediat-
ric Renal Transplant Program for the MUHC
and the director of the Pediatric Transition
potential