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Table 2 Diagnoses of 135 HIV-infected patients admitted to ICU

From: Admissions to intensive care unit of HIV-infected patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: etiology and prognostic factors

Admission diagnosis

Number (%) of admissions

Respiratory failure

60 (44.4)

   Interstitial pneumonitis with ground glass opacity

51 (37.8)

   Pneumocystosis

11 (8.1)

   CMV (pathology-proven)

9 (6.7)

   Interstitial pneumonitis of unknown etiology

35 (25.9)

   Others

11 (8.1)

Sepsis (including bacteria pneumonia)

45 (33.3)

Neurological disease

16 (11.9)

Postoperative care

5 (3.7)

Trauma

3 (2.2)

Metabolic disturbance

2 (1.5)

Cardiac disease

2 (1.5)

Gastrointestinal bleeding

2 (1.5)

Drug overdose

1 (0.7)

Miscellaneous

3 (2.2)

  1. CMV, cytomegalovirus.