1069. Loss to follow-up does not impact SVR for HCV infection
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Loss to follow-up
Why do these situations make a difference? Because in each situation, those lost to follow-up often have a different prognosis than those who complete the study. For example, patients who receive treatment for cervical myelopathy may not return for follow-up because they became asymptomatic and felt no need to return to see the surgeon. Conversely, some patients may not return because they had ...
متن کاملLoss to follow-up matters.
Survival analysis of joint replacement relies on the assumption that surgical procedures in patients lost to follow-up have the same chance of failing as those in patients who continue to be assessed. Our study questions that assumption. During the 16-year follow-up of 2268 patients who had received total hip replacements 142 (6%) were lost to follow-up. The cumulative loss at 15 years was 20%....
متن کاملLoss to Follow-up After Newborn Hearing Screening and Its Related Factors
Background: Hearing loss is one of the most common birth defects and early detection of this disorder at birth is not possible without hearing screening. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of loss to-follow-up after neonatal hearing screening and its related factors in KhoramAbad Province - Iran. Methods: This retrospective correlational study was conducted in the time period...
متن کاملLoss to follow-up in anti-HCV-positive patients in a Brazilian regional outpatient clinic
Loss to follow-up (LF), which refers to patients who started care but voluntary stopped it, is a problem for patients with chronic disease. We aimed to estimate the rate of LF among patients seropositive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and identify possible demographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with LF. From January 2009 through December 2012, 1010 anti-HCV-positive patients were includ...
متن کاملLoss to follow-up among children and adolescents growing up with HIV infection: age really matters
INTRODUCTION Globally, increasing numbers of HIV-infected children are reaching adolescence due to antiretroviral therapy (ART). We investigated rates of loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) from HIV care services among children as they transition from childhood through adolescence. METHODS Individuals aged 5-19 years initiated on ART in a public-sector HIV clinic in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, between 2005 and ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1255