Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 53 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 366 - 370 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656 İndeks Tarihi: 25-06-2020

Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV

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Objectives: Though there is a global effort to eradicate hepatitis C infection (HCV), several obstacles remain. Many patients infected with the virus are not detected or go untreated. The goal of this study was to identify any barriers to treatment and anydifficulties contributing to the elimination of HCV infection at a tertiary care university hospital.Methods: This was a retrospective review. The hospital data system was searched for records of patients admitted to the hospitalfor any reason from between 2013 and 2018 who were screened for viral markers and determined to be anti-HCV positive. Thefollow-up performed was then analyzed.Results: Viral marker testing was requested for 65,853 patients during the study period. Of those, 64.735 (98.3%) were found tobe anti-HCV negative and 1118 (1.7%) were anti-HCV positive. In all, 392 (35.06%) were detected in the gastroenterology department, 417 (37.3%) were patients in the infectious diseases department, and 309 (27.64%) were identified in other clinics, includingemergency services, the blood bank, and others. There were 30/392 (7.65%) patients admitted to the gastroenterology clinic whodeclined a biopsy and/or treatment. In other clinics, 88/309 (28.5%) patients were identified who were not treated for HCV and notfollowed up because they were not referred to the related specialty department.Conclusion: It was determined that there was a significant gap in referring patients to the appropriate specialized departmentfollowing an anti-HCV positive finding and thus to appropriate follow-up and treatment programs.
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APA AKKUZU M, Sezgin O, YARAŞ S, Ozdogan O, Yılmaz İ, ÜÇBİLEK E, ATEŞ F, ALTINTAS E (2019). Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. , 366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
Chicago AKKUZU MUSTAFA ZANYAR,Sezgin Orhan,YARAŞ Serkan,Ozdogan Osman,Yılmaz İbrahim,ÜÇBİLEK Enver,ATEŞ Fehmi,ALTINTAS ENGIN Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. (2019): 366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
MLA AKKUZU MUSTAFA ZANYAR,Sezgin Orhan,YARAŞ Serkan,Ozdogan Osman,Yılmaz İbrahim,ÜÇBİLEK Enver,ATEŞ Fehmi,ALTINTAS ENGIN Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. , 2019, ss.366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
AMA AKKUZU M,Sezgin O,YARAŞ S,Ozdogan O,Yılmaz İ,ÜÇBİLEK E,ATEŞ F,ALTINTAS E Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. . 2019; 366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
Vancouver AKKUZU M,Sezgin O,YARAŞ S,Ozdogan O,Yılmaz İ,ÜÇBİLEK E,ATEŞ F,ALTINTAS E Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. . 2019; 366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
IEEE AKKUZU M,Sezgin O,YARAŞ S,Ozdogan O,Yılmaz İ,ÜÇBİLEK E,ATEŞ F,ALTINTAS E "Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV." , ss.366 - 370, 2019. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
ISNAD AKKUZU, MUSTAFA ZANYAR vd. "Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV". (2019), 366-370. https://doi.org/10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
APA AKKUZU M, Sezgin O, YARAŞ S, Ozdogan O, Yılmaz İ, ÜÇBİLEK E, ATEŞ F, ALTINTAS E (2019). Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni, 53(4), 366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
Chicago AKKUZU MUSTAFA ZANYAR,Sezgin Orhan,YARAŞ Serkan,Ozdogan Osman,Yılmaz İbrahim,ÜÇBİLEK Enver,ATEŞ Fehmi,ALTINTAS ENGIN Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni 53, no.4 (2019): 366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
MLA AKKUZU MUSTAFA ZANYAR,Sezgin Orhan,YARAŞ Serkan,Ozdogan Osman,Yılmaz İbrahim,ÜÇBİLEK Enver,ATEŞ Fehmi,ALTINTAS ENGIN Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni, vol.53, no.4, 2019, ss.366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
AMA AKKUZU M,Sezgin O,YARAŞ S,Ozdogan O,Yılmaz İ,ÜÇBİLEK E,ATEŞ F,ALTINTAS E Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni. 2019; 53(4): 366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
Vancouver AKKUZU M,Sezgin O,YARAŞ S,Ozdogan O,Yılmaz İ,ÜÇBİLEK E,ATEŞ F,ALTINTAS E Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV. Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni. 2019; 53(4): 366 - 370. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
IEEE AKKUZU M,Sezgin O,YARAŞ S,Ozdogan O,Yılmaz İ,ÜÇBİLEK E,ATEŞ F,ALTINTAS E "Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV." Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni, 53, ss.366 - 370, 2019. 10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656
ISNAD AKKUZU, MUSTAFA ZANYAR vd. "Patients Lost after Anti-HCV-Positive Finding in a Tertiary Care University Hospital: Increased Awareness and Action is Necessary to Eradicate HCV". Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni 53/4 (2019), 366-370. https://doi.org/10.14744/SEMB.2019.46656