Table 1.
Patient characteristics on admission. PNC: prenatal care; ARDS: adult respiratory distress syndrome; AZT: zidovudine; AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; N/A: data not available.
| Patient | Age (years) | Parity | Ethnicity | Gestational age | Medical comorbidities | Substance abuse | HIV diagnosis in pregnancy | Duration of | AIDS |
| at initiation of | HIV infection | ||||||||
| prenatal care | (years) | ||||||||
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| 1 | 24 | 2103 | African | No PNC prior | Polysubstance | Yes | No | 1 | No |
| American | to admission | abuse | (cocaine) | ||||||
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| 2 | 25 | 1001 | Caucasian | 13 0/7 | Polysubstance | Yes | Yes | 0 | No |
| abuse | (cocaine) | ||||||||
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| 3 | 30 | 5013 | African | 15 3/7 | History of | No | No | 3 | No |
| neutropenic sepsis | |||||||||
| with ARDS | |||||||||
| secondary to AZT | |||||||||
| therapy | |||||||||
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| 4 | 30 | 1001 | Latino | 5 2/7 | Chronic pain | No | No | 11 | No |
| Anxiety | |||||||||
| Appendicitis | |||||||||
| (21-week gestation) | |||||||||
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| 5 | 33 | 2012 | Native | 7 0/7 | Remote history of | Yes | No | 7 | No |
| American | pyelonephritis | (marijuana alcohol) | |||||||
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| 6 | 19 | 0211 | African-American | 9 2/7 | None | No | Yes | 0 | No |
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| 7 | 29 | 1021 | African-American | 7 2/7 | Laparotomy | No | 0 | No | |
| (trauma), | Yes | ||||||||
| appendectomy, | (cocaine, | ||||||||
| pneumonia, | alcohol, | ||||||||
| Hepatitis C, history | tobacco) | ||||||||
| of syphilis | |||||||||