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

Table 3

Baseline clinical and biochemical characteristics at admission.

Variable	Combined		Survived		Died
		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
Age	101	38.13 ± 16.05	44	37.38 ± 17.23	57	38.70 ± 15.20	0.683
CD4	79	139 ± 189	35	160 ± 206	44	123 ± 175	0.393
Urea	74	61.30 ± 65.93	36	65.42 ± 80.39	38	57.41 ± 49.32	0.605
Creatinine	75	2.33 ± 3.05	37	2.21 ± 3.06	38	2.44 ± 3.08	0.750
Urea: Crea	74	37.98 ± 29.57	36	37.69 ± 25.05	38	38.27 ± 33.63	0.933
Albumin	52	21.47 ± 10.77	25	22.34 ± 12.47	27	20.67 ± 9.09	0.582
Hemoglobin	82	9.61 ± 3.03	40	9.58 ± 3.59	42	9.63 ± 2.42	0.944
Metabolic acidosis	54	7.31 ± 0.24	25	7.43 ± 0.14	29	7.20 ± 0.26	0.0004
MEWS	101	6.35 ± 3.18	44	4.80 ± 2.87	57	7.54 ± 2.90	0.000
APACHE II	101	24.32 ± 7.23	44	20.07 ± 5.97	57	27.60 ± 6.39	0.000
GCS	101	10.52 ± 4.63	44	12.41 ± 3.73	57	9.07 ± 4.77	0.0002
Days in ICU	101	4.00 ± 5.58	44	4.57 ± 6.16	57	3.56 ± 5.11	0.372

Metabolic acidosis pH < 7.15; MEWS: modified early warning score; APACHE: acute physiologic and chronic health evaluation.