Megan McLaughlin
About Megan McLaughlin
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Research Assistant
Organization
- Brigham And Women's Hospital - BWH
Work Location(s)
- United States
Language(s)
Recent Contributions
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Megan McLaughlin replied to "Questions about Sputum Conversion for MDR-TB Patients" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
Dear All, A new peer-reviewed discussion brief is now available on the topic of reporting sputum conversion rates for MDR-TB monitoring. In this discussion, a member in Taiwan presented several cases and asked if each patient would be considered to have sputum conversion at 6 months according WHO guidelines. In ...
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Megan McLaughlin replied to "To count lost to-follow-up (LTFU) as part of adherence denominator?" in the HIV Treatment & Prevention community.
A discussion brief has been posted for this discussion. Please consider replying with your thoughts and comments. How does your program define LTFU and/or visit adherence? How do you treat LTFU and/or visit adherence in program evaluations and analyses? Do you have measures/interventions in place to re-engage with patients LTFU ...
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Megan McLaughlin replied to "To count lost to-follow-up (LTFU) as part of adherence denominator?" in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.
A discussion brief has been posted for this discussion. Please consider replying with your thoughts and comments. How does your program define LTFU and/or visit adherence? How do you treat LTFU and/or visit adherence in program evaluations and analyses? Do you have measures/interventions in place to re-engage with patients LTFU ...
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Megan McLaughlin started a discussion "Patient Retention in Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review". in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.
Abstract Background Long-term retention of patients in Africa's rapidly expanding antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs for HIV/AIDS is essential for these programs' success but has received relatively little attention. In this paper we present a systematic review of patient retention in ART programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods and Findings We searched ...
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Megan McLaughlin started a discussion "Characteristics of and outcomes in HIV-infected patients who return to care after loss to follow-up (closed access)". in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.
Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of and outcomes in HIV-infected patients who returned to care after loss to follow-up (LTFU) in Northern France, between 1997 and 2006. Among the 1007 patients who were followed, 135 patients (13.4%) were LTFU during the study period. Of ...
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.