PG16 Transition of children and adolescents into adult care
Postgraduate CourseChairs: F. Midulla (Roma, Italy), H. Heijerman (Den Haag, Netherlands)
Aims: To discuss the barriers that hamper the transition of children and adolescents into adult healthcare in respiratory diseases, including asthma, primary ciliary dyskinesia, neuromuscular diseases, and cystic fibrosis; to identify the gaps that still exist in our knowledge; to review practical approaches, including the models and principles of transition; to investigate transition outcomes.