Hospitalization and Predictors of Inpatient Mortality among HIV-Infected Patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Jimma, Ethiopia: Prospective Observational Study

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of PLWH hospitalized to medical wards of JUSH, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, 2017.

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percent
HIV status at admission	Known	80	79.2
	New	21	20.8
Duration of HIV in month (N = 80)	<6 months	21	26.3
	≥6 months	59	73.7
Clinical stage of HIV/AIDS on hospitalization	Stage 1	5	5.0
	Stage 2	2	2.0
	Stage 3	13	13.0
	Stage 4	81	80.2
Complication (N = 45)	Neurologic	21	46.7
	Respiratory	14	31.1
	Hypovolemic shock	2	4.4
	Hepatic encephalopathy	2	4.4
	Gastric bleeding	2	4.4
	Nephropathy	2	4.4
Comorbidity (N = 22)	Cardiovascular	8	36.4
	Gastrointestinal	5	22.7
	Urologic	5	22.7
	Respiratory	4	18.2
Reasons for hospitalization (known HIV-positive patients) in the last 12 months (N = 28)	Opportunistic infections	15	53.6
	DVT	2	7.1
	COPD∗	2	7.1
	Malaria	2	7.1
	Bacterial meningitis	2	7.1
	Not specified	5	17.9

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DVT = deep venous thrombosis.