Loss to follow-up associated factors in patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and its impact on the disease prognosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Pulmonary aspergillosis is a rare but challenging pulmonary disease. The conditions of patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) can be even more complicated. The mortality rate of CPA remains high, and the prognostic factors are not well established due to a high proportion of loss to follow-up. In this study, we aim to explore factors associated with loss to follow-up in CPA patients and their impact on the disease prognosis after withdrawing anti-fungal treatments.

Methods

Patients with confirmed CPA, who were admitted to the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from March 2017 to November 2019, were enrolled in this prospective study. The enrolled patients were followed up

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792682 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature