Table 1 Classification of the Children’s Hospital Association

Description

- Acute pathological condition lasting less than one year

- Pathological condition lasting more than one year that manifests itself in an episodic manner;

- potentially treatable with adequate treatment;

- likely not to manifest in adulthood

- Severe primary pathological condition, involving an entire apparatus and more likely to cause long-term damage

- Severe chronic pathological condition involving two or more apparatuses or

- chronic pathological condition with progressive deterioration or

- technology-dependent pathological condition

- Highly malignancy pathological condition that requires timely treatment

Examples

- Head trauma, peritonitis, UTI

- Asthma, major depression

- Congenital heart disease, short bowel syndrome

-Cerebral palsy,

intellectual disability

- Neuroblastoma, acute myeloid leukaemia