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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics of patients

From: Advanced HIV disease management practices within inpatient medicine units at a referral hospital in Zambia: a retrospective chart review

 

All patients N = 200

Sex (n [%])

 Female

109 [54.5]

 Male

91 [45.5]

Patient Primary Complaint (n reporting [%] for each)

 Cough, fevers, or night sweats

52 [26.0]

 Diarrhea, vomiting or abdominal pains

42 [21.0]

 Headache, seizures or altered mental status

37 [18.5]

 Weakness or palpitations

21 [10.5]

 Difficulty breathing and other respiratory complaints

8 [4.0]

 Renal dysfunction

8 [4.0]

 Other Conditions†

32 [16.0]

Duration of hospital stay (median [ IQR] days)

7 [5–10]

Patient age (median [IQR] years)

39 [31–45]

ART status on admission (n [%])

 Treatment experienced

184 [92.0]

 Duration on ART > 12 months

107 [58.1]

 Disengaged from care

23 [13]

  1. †Other Conditions: Caustic ingestion, jaundice, chronic flank pain, Severe malaria, lupus, Cerebral Vascular Accidents, poisoning, dysphagia, Kaposi sarcoma, limb pain, eye pain, epileptic seizures, swollen testicles, molluscum contagiosum, infected decubitus ulcers, dermatopathology, pelvic mass