"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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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A transition clinic intervention to improve follow-up rates in adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease. Cardiol Young. 2020 May; 30(5):633-640.
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Untreated congenital hypothyroidism due to loss to follow-up: developing preventive strategies through quality improvement. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Sep 25; 31(9):987-994.
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Characteristics of participants consenting versus declining follow-up for up to 10?years in a randomized clinical trial. Clin Trials. 2015 Dec; 12(6):657-63.
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Injury type and emergency department management of orthopaedic patients influences follow-up rates. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Oct 01; 96(19):1650-8.
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Dose response to vitamin D supplementation in African Americans: results of a 4-arm, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Mar; 99(3):587-98.
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Association of parathyroid pathology with well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Presse Med. 2012 Jun; 41(6 Pt 1):e265-71.