Follow-up After Screening

Loss 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...

Audiological Follow-up Results after Newborn Hearing Screening Program

OBJECTIVES To investigate the validity of newborn hearing screening protocol using automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) with a confirmation method using click auditory brainstem response (ABR) and to evaluate changes in hearing status of infants with confirmed congenital hearing loss. METHODS Neonates in the well-baby nursery were screened by staged AABR. Subjects whose final AABR res...

Inter-Physician Variation in Follow-Up Colonoscopies after Screening Colonoscopy

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Surveillance is an integral part of the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening process. We aimed to investigate inter-physician variation in follow-up procedures after screening colonoscopy in an opportunistic CRC screening program. METHODS A historical cohort study in the German statutory health insurance system was conducted. 55,301 individuals who underwent screening colonos...

Morbidity Abstract EMPLOYMENT FOLLOW-UP AFTER INITIAL DRUG SCREENING

A group of 4964 applicants for employment in the U.S. Postal service in Boston provided a voluntary urine specimen for the purpose of screening for marijuana, cocaine and other nontherapeutic drugs during the period from September 24, 1986 to January 6,1989. This was a blind study: results of the drug screening were not known to the applicants, the hiring or medical personnel, nor to Postal Ser...

Follow-up with Patient Family after Developmental Screening