764. Correlates of Lost to Follow-up Among Newly Diagnosed Older People with HIV in Ukraine

Experiences of undergoing cardiac surgery among older people diagnosed with postoperative delirium: one year follow-up

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease is common among old people and many undergo cardiac surgery. Scientific knowledge is available on cardiac surgery from several perspectives. However, we found few studies focusing on older patients' experiences of cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to illuminate experiences of undergoing cardiac surgery among older people diagnosed with postoperative de...

Identifying causes of loss to follow up in newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients

Methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinical charts of the adult patients (P) who consulted for the first time in the Infectious Disease Clinic of the university associated hospital at Buenos Aires, Argentina, between June 1st 2005 and May 31st 2008. We identified between the P who were newly diagnosed with HIV infection, those who attended the clinic only once; we considered lose to follow...

Lost to follow-up.

results gained from primary attenders at a tate review clinic after shoulder surgery may not be representative of the outcome: the average self-assessment of the non-attenders was lower by one class. Age differences have been shown to affect the self assessment of health (Idler 1993). In this study, however, with an average age of 5 1.1 years among attenders and 48.8 years in non-attenders, thi...

Newly diagnosed incident dizziness of older patients: a follow-up study in primary care

BACKGROUND Dizziness is a common complaint of older patients in primary care, yet not much is known about the course of incident dizziness. The aim of the study was to follow-up symptoms, subjective impairments and needs of older patients (≥65) with incident dizziness and to determine predictors of chronic dizziness. Furthermore, we analysed general practitioners' (GPs') initial diagnoses, refe...

Sero-prevalence of Cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma Infections among Newly Diagnosed HIV Patients