"Lost to Follow-Up" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Study subjects in COHORT STUDIES whose outcomes are unknown e.g., because they could not or did not wish to attend follow-up visits.(from Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D059012
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.780.438
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| Concept/Terms |
Lost to Follow-Up- Lost to Follow-Up
- Follow-Up, Lost to
- Lost to Follow Up
- Lost to Follow-Ups
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Lost to Follow-Up".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lost to Follow-Up" by people in Profiles.
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The Effect of Initial Patient Experiences and Life Stressors on Predicting Lost to Follow-Up in Patients New to an HIV Clinic. AIDS Behav. 2022 Jun; 26(6):1880-1891.
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Loss to Follow-Up Among Patients With Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Clinical Practice. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 07; 215:66-71.
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Screening and Referral Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Primary Pediatric Care. Pediatrics. 2019 10; 144(4).
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Understanding why HIV-infected persons disengaged from pre-ART care in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a qualitative study. AIDS Care. 2019 04; 31(4):494-497.
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Multimonth Prescription of Antiretroviral Therapy Among Children and Adolescents: Experiences From the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative in 6 African Countries. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 08 15; 78 Suppl 2:S71-S80.
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Antiretroviral therapy initiation within seven days of enrolment: outcomes and time to undetectable viral load among children at an urban HIV clinic in Uganda. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 06 19; 17(1):439.
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Effect of Low-Dose Ferrous Sulfate vs Iron Polysaccharide Complex on Hemoglobin Concentration in Young Children With Nutritional Iron-Deficiency Anemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 06 13; 317(22):2297-2304.
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Naltrexone/Bupropion extended release-induced weight loss is independent of nausea in subjects without diabetes. Clin Obes. 2016 Oct; 6(5):305-12.
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Baseline Predictors of Treatment Outcomes in Children With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 10 15; 63(8):1063-71.
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Lost to follow-up: failure to engage children in care in the first three months of diagnosis. AIDS Care. 2016 11; 28(11):1402-10.