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If parents are dominantly present in the consulting room If over-concerned or protective parents Tregay et al. United Kingdom Discharge tool Health professionals communicating after children were discharged home after cardiac surgery Contact information about health professionals involved in child’s care Information provided to parents Need for interpreter Specialist technical terminology and the absence of key basic information rendered discharge documents less useful to community professionals and families Discharge documents were sometimes delayed Inconsistent pathways noted Potential loss of information between multiple teams involved *** White et al. 20126 Australia 12 key pieces of information that should be included in a referral letter Movement from the paediatric hospital to the adult hospital For children with type 1 diabetes Date of diagnosis Mode of presentation Antibody status at diagnosis Current insulin regimen Previous insulin regimens Current HbA1c level Previous HbA1c levels Transition letters were written for 149 out of 180 (82.8%) youth who attended clinics. Transition occurred in an unplanned way or without physician input in 30.6% (55/180) of cases Information contained in transition letters was as follows: current insulin ***
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