Table 3 Characteristics of 31 patients with a diagnosis of HIV infection made just before or subsequent to admission to the ICU.

Characteristic	No (%) of patients
Median (IQR) age (years)	34 (29–41)
Male gender	21 (67.7)
HIV risk factor
MSM	10 (32)
Heterosexual	20 (65)
Intravenous drug use	1 (3)
Admission diagnosis
PCP	18 (58.1)
Tuberculosis	4 (13)
Bacterial pneumonia	3 (9.7)
HIV encephalopathy	1 (3.2)
CMV encephalitis	1 (3.2)
Cerebral toxoplasmosis	1 (3.2)
Cryptococcal meningitis	1 (3.2)
Thromboembolic disease	1 (3.2)
Postoperative	1 (3.2)
Median (IQR) CD4 count (cells/µl)	20 (10–60)
Median (IQR) albumin (g/l)	22 (17–28)
Median (IQR) APACHE II score	16 (9–22)
Mechanical ventilation	22 (71)
Pneumothorax	8 (26)
Median (IQR) duration of ICU admission if survived (days)	6 (3–23)
Survived
to ICU discharge	23 (74)
to hospital discharge	18 (58)

Data shown are n (%) of patients or median values (interquartile range, IQR).

MSM, men who have sex with other men; PCP, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; CMV, cytomegalovirus.