2021 Volume 35 Issue 5 Pages 477-481
Currently, many adolescent patients with asthma still visit the pediatric department of a hospital for treatment. In 2014, the JAPAN PEDIATRIC SOCIETY published the literature "Statement of health care transition of patients with childhood-onset chronic diseases". The Japanese pediatric guideline for the treatment and management of asthma (JPGL) 2017 included "transition for adolescent asthmatic patients" in a chapter on adolescent asthma. Furthermore, JPGL 2020 showed that the consistent and smooth transition of treatment from JPGL to asthma prevention and management guideline (JGL) and transition from pediatric healthcare to internal medicine healthcare are important in the chapter "Adolescent asthma and health care transitions." Additionally, JPGL 2020 has specified that pediatricians should monitor health care transitions until their patient becomes independent. Therefore, the concepts behind the transition from JPGL to JGL were shown through a chart.
