Clinical Characteristics and Short-Term Outcomes of HIV Patients Admitted to an African Intensive Care Unit

Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics.

Variable		Categories	Number	Percentage
Sex	101	Male	47	46.53
		Female	54	53.47
Time since diagnosis	101	Known HIV positive	90	89.01
		Made at ICU admission	11	10.99
CD4 range	101	More than 300	12	11.88
		100 to <300	30	29.70
		Less than 100	59	58.42
HAART status	101	On HAART	56	55.45
		HAART naive	45	44.55
HAART regimen	101	1st line	37	36.63
		2nd line	12	11.88
		Not known	7	6.93
		Naïve	45	44.55
Cotrimoxazole status	101	On cotrimoxazole	69	68.32
Survival	101	Discharged	44	43.56
		Died	57	56.44
Mechanical ventilation	101	Yes	57	55.44
Vasopressors for septic shock	101	Yes	37	36.63