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FAQ: How should pediatricians hand off teens with diabetes?
Author(s)Contemporary Pediatrics Staff
Fact checked by: Morgan Ebert, Executive Editor
ISPAD, EASD, and ADA urge pediatric diabetes teams to build center-specific transition policies, use readiness checklists, and ensure timely handoffs to adult clinicians.
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The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) have released a joint consensus report on the transition of adolescents and young adults with diabetes from pediatric to adult diabetes care. The report is being published simultaneously in Diabetologia, Hormone Research in Paediatrics, and Diabetes Care, and it was approved by the boards of all 3 organizations.
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