Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 135 HIV-infected patients who were admitted to the ICUs at the National Taiwan University Hospital from 2001 to 2010

Median age (years)

39 (31-50)

Male sex

123 (91.1)

Race/ethnicity

   Taiwanese

133 (98.5)

   other Asians

2 (1.5)

HIV risk factor

   Homosexual

53 (39.3)

   Bisexual

7 (5.2)

   Injecting drug use

16 (11.9)

   Transfusion-related

3 (2.2)

   Heterosexual/other/unknown

56 (41.5)

HIV-related characteristics

   Newly diagnosed HIV infection

60 (44.4)

   Time since HIV diagnosis (month)

1.23 (0-36)

   Time since AIDS diagnosis (month)

0.73 (0-26)

   Prior HAART at hospital admission

49 (36.3)

   Duration of HAART for patients on prior HAART (month)^a

13 (6-48)

   HAART initiated during ICU stay

12 (8.9)

   HAART use in ICU

82 (60.7)

   HIV viral load (copies/ml)^b

217,000 (34,500-631,500)

   CD4 lymphocyte count (cells/mm³)^c

30 (13-103)

Organ failure status

   Mechanical ventilator use

106 (78.5)

   Shock (use of vasopressors > 24 hours)

49 (36.3)

   Renal replacement therapy

11 (8.1)

Time from hospitalization to ICU admission (days)

2 (0-9.0)

Laboratory data

   Albumin (g/dL)^d

2.83 (2.40-3.40)

   LDH (units/L)^e

966.5 (686.5-1446.25)

APACHE II score

19 (15-25)

in-ICU mortality

50 (37.0)

in-hospital mortality

66 (48.9)