Clinical Study

Intensive Care Usage by HIV-Positive Patients in the HAART Era

Table 2

Primary reasons for ICU admission and outcomes. Numbers are absolute values (percentage). HR: hazard ratio for death in that group. All 95% confidence intervals for hazard ratios overlap 1.

Number admittedICU mortalityHRHospital mortalityHRMortality at end of followupHR

Respiratory167 (43.8%)1.311 (68.8%)1.712 (75%)1.2
GI41 (25%)0.82 (50%)13 (75%)1.1
Neurological41 (25%)0.82 (50%)13 (75%)1.1
Sepsis121 (25%)0.84 (33.3%)0.68 (66.7%)1
Other72 (28.6%)0.93 (42.9%)0.83 (42.9%)0.6

Total4314 (32.5%)22 (51.2%)29 (67.4%)