Table 3.
List of reasons for 381 hospitalizations among 737 HIV-exposed infants at 12 months of life in Pune, India
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious | 215 (56.0) | Non-infectious | 166 (44.0) |
| Gastroenteritis | 67 (17.6) | Hyperbilirubinemia | 35 (9.2) |
| Meningitis or sepsis | 44 (11.5) | Abnormal chemistry values† | 32 (8.4) |
| Pneumonia | 25 (6.6) | Neutropenia | 21 (5.5) |
| Rash without fever | 19 (5.0) | Anemia | 12 (3.1) |
| Syphilis | 18 (4.7) | Prematurity, low birth weight, small for gestational age | 12 (3.1) |
| Conjunctivitis | 15 (3.9) | Congenital anomaly | 11 (2.9) |
| Impetigo | 7 (1.8) | Respiratory distress syndrome | 11 (2.9) |
| Upper respiratory infection | 7 (1.8) | Meconium aspiration | 8 (2.1) |
| Fever | 5 (1.3) | Seizure | 6 (1.6) |
| Tuberculosis | 5 (1.3) | Failure to thrive | 4 (1.0) |
| Cellulitis | 3 (0.8) | Thrombocytosis | 2 (0.5) |
| Hepatitis | 1 (0.3) | Other skin conditions | 2 (0.5) |
| Urinary tract infection | 1 (0.3) | Trauma/abuse | 2 (0.5) |
| Skin abscess | 1 (0.3) | Irritability or colic | 3 (0.8) |
| Bleeding | 1 (0.3) | ||
| Umbilical granuloma | 1 (0.3) |
NOTES:
for infants with multiple diagnoses, infectious diseases were listed as the primary reason for hospitalization.
†Includes abnormal liver or renal function tests.
The 18 infants hospitalized for syphilis were admitted for treatment based on maternal syphilis serological diagnoses. The 15 infants hospitalized for conjunctivitis and 7 for upper respiratory infection were admitted for symptoms assessment, respectively; no other diagnoses were reported at discharge. Among hospitalized infants 5 had dual diagnoses of sepsis and pneumonia and 5 had sepsis and gastroenteritis.