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LOSS TO FOLLOW-UP MATTERS

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1997
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-
Murray, D, Britton, A, Bulstrode, C
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Loss to follow-up after direct-to-implant breast reconstruction

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2022
Loss to follow-up is inevitable in retrospective cohort studies, and patients are lost to follow-up after direct-to-implant reconstruction despite annual follow-up recommendation. We analyzed more than 500 patients to analyze the rate of loss to follow-up to plastic surgery and to investigate the factors affecting it. A retrospective review of patients
Eun Key, Kim, Soo Hyun, Woo, Do Yeon, Kim, Eun Jeong, Choi, Kyunghyun, Min, Taik Jong, Lee, Jin Sup, Eom, Hyun Ho, Han   +7 more
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Unmasking the Determinants of Loss to Follow-Up in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Study in Selangor, Malaysia [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Adherence to the 6-month tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen is challenging due to its duration and side effects, with various factors influencing patient compliance. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among newly diagnosed pulmonary TB (
Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Kee Chee Cheong, Mohamad Nadzmi Md Nadzri, Nur’Ain Mohd Ghazali, Lim Mei Cheng, Lonny Chen Rong Qi Ahmad, Mohd Kamarulariffin Kamarudin, Nur Ar Rabiah Ahmad, Asrul Anuar Zulkifli, Cheong Yoon Ling, Qistina Ruslan, Sarbhan Singh, Balvinder Singh Gill, Asmah Razali, Nuur Hafizah Md Iderus   +14 more
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Determinants of Loss to Follow Up Among Adult People Living with HIV Enrolled in Antiretroviral Therapy in West Wollega Public Hospitals, Oromia, Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care
Siraj Benti Biratu,1 Abreha Addis Gesese2 1Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia; 2Department of Clinical Nursing, Gambella Teachers Education and Health Science College, Gambella ...
Benti Biratu S, Addis Gesese A
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Incidence and predictors of loss to follow-up among youth living with HIV transitioning to adult care in Gambella, Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction The transition from pediatric to adult healthcare represents a crucial period for adolescents and youth living with HIV. When this healthcare transition is not properly managed, it can result in negative outcomes such as loss to follow-up ...
Akello Dorgi, Abayneh Tunje, Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre, Abebe Gedefaw Belete, Tamirat Gezahegn Guyo, Belay Boda Bodicha, Benedict Oppong Asamoah, Aregahagn Mulugeta, Mulugeta Delbo, Kedi Jiao, Haitao Wang, Wei Ma   +11 more
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Functional status as a predictor of loss to follow-up among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Tangerang District, Indonesia [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Loss to follow-up (LTFU) is a serious threat to the success of HIV treatment programs and is associated with various factors, such as socio-demographic, clinical, and treatment-related factors.
Nata Pratama Hardjo Lugito, Maria Irawati Simanjuntak, Stevent Sumantri, Yohan Kho, Sherina Kosayuz, Raenen Liauw   +5 more
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Loss to Follow-up: A Deceptive Enigma [PDF]

Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), 2021
Loss to follow-up indicates both patients not reporting and inability to trace them during the required follow-up period or study period. Significant loss to follow-up can affect the validity of a study and thereby the impact of that study. The importance of loss to follow-up has been very scarcely and meagerly highlighted in literature.
Sandeep Patel, Vishal Kumar, Shahnawaz Khan, Amit Salaria   +3 more
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Patterns of Loss-to-Follow-Up (LTFU) between baseline and first and second follow-ups.

, 2023
Patterns of Loss-to-Follow-Up (LTFU) between baseline and first and second follow-ups.
Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer (5058701), Dante Donati (16993198), Sohail Agha (816052), W. Douglas Evans (16993192), Nandan M. Rao (16993201), Selinam Akaba (16993204), Michael Long (3112896), Khadidiatou Ndiaye (16993195), Ifeanyi Nsofor (16993207)   +8 more
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Loss to follow‐up in an international, multicentre observational study [PDF]

HIV Medicine, 2008
ObjectiveThe aim of this work was to assess loss to follow‐up (LTFU) in EuroSIDA, an international multicentre observational cohort study.MethodsLTFU was defined as no follow‐up visit, CD4 cell count measurement or viral load measurement after 1 January 2006.
A. Mocroft, O. Kirk, P. Aldins, A. Chies, A. Blaxhult, N. Chentsova, N. Vetter, F. Dabis, J. Gatell, J. D. Lundgren, M. Losso, A. Duran, N. Vetter, I. Karpov, A. Vassilenko, V. M. Mitsura, O. Suetnov, N. Clumeck, S. De Wit, B. Poll, R. Colebunders, K. Kostov, J. Begovac, L. Machala, H. Rozsypal, D. Sedlacek, J. Nielsen, J. Lundgren, T. Benfield, O. Kirk, J. Gerstoft, T. Katzenstein, A. B. E. Hansen, P. Skinhøj, C. Pedersen, L. Oestergaard, K. Zilmer, J. Smidt, M. Ristola, C. Katlama, J. P. Viard, P. M. Girard, J. M. Livrozet, P. Vanhems, C. Pradier, F. Dabis, D. Neau, J. Rockstroh, R. Schmidt, J. van Lunzen, O. Degen, H. J. Stellbrink, S. Staszewski, J. Bogner, G. Fätkenheuer, J. Kosmidis, P. Gargalianos, G. Xylomenos, J. Perdios, G. Panos, A. Filandras, E. Karabatsaki, H. Sambattakou, D. Banhegyi, F. Mulcahy, I. Yust, D. Turner, M. Burke, S. Pollack, G. Hassoun, S. Maayan, A. Chiesi, R. Esposito, I. Mazeu, C. Mussini, C. Arici, R. Pristera, F. Mazzotta, A. Gabbuti, V. Vullo, M. Lichtner, A. Chirianni, E. Montesarchio, M. Gargiulo, G. Antonucci, F. Iacomi, P. Narciso, C. Vlassi, M. Zaccarelli, A. Lazzarin, R. Finazzi, M. Galli, A. Ridolfo, A. d'Arminio Monforte, B. Rozentale, P. Aldins, S. Chaplinskas, R. Hemmer, T. Staub   +98 more
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Loss to follow-up [PDF]

Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal, 2011
In this issue, we answer three questions with respect to loss to follow-up in a clinical trial: How important is loss to follow-up? How is loss to follow-up calculated? How many patients can be lost to follow-up without mistrusting the results? 1. How important is loss to follow-up?
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