Table 2.
Main clinical characteristics of inpatients who died, during the first week of admission and after the first week of admission
| Patients who died during the 1st week | Patients who died after the 1st week | p-value | |||
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| October 2009–February 2010 | October 2012–February 2013 | October 2009–February 2010 | October 2012–February 2013 | ||
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| Number of Deaths | 24 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 0.01 |
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| M:F | |||||
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| Mean Age (years) | 39.3 | 31.2 | 44 | 31 | 0.1 |
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| Mean Lenght of Stay (days) | 3 | 0.75 | 30.4 | 20.5 | 0.04 |
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| TB Diagnosis at admission | |||||
| Pulmonary TB Smear + | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Pulmonary TB Smear − | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.01 |
| ExtraPulmonary TB | - | - | - | - | |
| Other | 4 | - | - | - | |
| Not known | 12 | - | 15 | - | |
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| Symptoms at admission | |||||
| Fever | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0.001 |
| Convulsions | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Respiratory distress | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Other | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Not Known | 13 | - | 37 | - | |
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| Clinical Diagnosis of death | |||||
| Hemoptysis | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cardio-respiratory failure | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.002 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Fever | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Cancer (Kaposi Sarcoma) | - | - | 2 | - | |
| AIDS | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Not Known | 18 | - | 34 | - | |