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<h3>Background</h3>
<p>Diagnosis, treatment, and care of inborn errors of metabolism require well organized interdisciplinary teams. Holistic approaches comprise the system of all elements and relations between elements necessary for an optimal function of the system.</p></sec>
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<h3>Methods</h3>
<p>Following the rule “structure follows function” based on scientific, academic, and clinical experience the elements of the system providing diagnosis, treatment, and care for inborn errors of metabolism are defined and described.</p></sec>
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<h3>Results</h3>
<p>A holistic approach to inborn errors of metabolism comprising 10 elements is suggested, established, and controlled by an interdisciplinary metabolic team organized as a disease, and a case management program based on evidence-based guidelines is suggested. Quality assurance and quality control will not only improve the treatment of the individual but also the health system.</p></sec>
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<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>The holistic approach is a joint project of the team of health care professionals and the person with a condition, allowing them to see the patient’s individual medical, behavioral, social, legal, and economic context. For practical, technical, and economic reasons this will only be possible in centers caring for a critical number of individuals.</p></sec>
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Background
Diagnosis, treatment, and care of inborn errors of metabolism require well organized interdisciplinary teams. Holistic approaches comprise the system of all elements and relations between elements necessary for an optimal function of the system.

Methods
Following the rule “structure follows function” based on scientific, academic, and clinical experience the elements of the system providing diagnosis, treatment, and care for inborn errors of metabolism are defined and described.

Results
A holistic approach to inborn errors of metabolism comprising 10 elements is suggested, established, and controlled by an interdisciplinary metabolic team organized as a disease, and a case management program based on evidence-based guidelines is suggested. Quality assurance and quality control will not only improve the treatment of the individual but also the health system.

Conclusion
The holistic approach is a joint project of the team of health care professionals and the person with a condition, allowing them to see the patient’s individual medical, behavioral, social, legal, and economic context. For practical, technical, and economic reasons this will only be possible in centers caring for a critical number of individuals.

A holistic approach to the patients/Families with inborn errors of metabolism

Journal of Mother and Child

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Background
Diagnosis, treatment, and care of inborn errors of metabolism require well organized interdisciplinary teams. Holistic approaches comprise the...

A holistic approach to the patients/Families with inborn errors of metabolism

Article Category: Review paper

Published Online: Oct 02, 2020

Page range: 65 - 72

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20202402si.2004.000010

Keywords
health care organization, integrative medicine, systems integration, inborn errors of metabolism

© 2020 Peter Burgard, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

A holistic approach to the patients/Families with inborn errors of metabolism

Article Category: Review paper

Published Online: Oct 02, 2020

Page range: 65 - 72

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20202402si.2004.000010

Keywordshealth care organization, integrative medicine, systems integration, inborn errors of metabolism

© 2020 Peter Burgard, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
health care organization, integrative medicine, systems integration, inborn errors of metabolism