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. 2017 Jan 18;12(1):e0169057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169057

Table 1. Descriptive clinical characteristics of patients who died in the outpatient setting after their last clinical encounter.

Characteristic n (%)
Exposed infant 46 (10.0)
WHO stage*
•I 43(14.9)
•II 18 (6.3)
•III 73 (25.3)
•IV 154 (53.5)
WHO stage condition*
•Pulmonary tuberculosis 81 (17.6)
•Oral/esophageal thrush 67 (14.6)
•Severe acute malnutrition 62 (13.5)
•Kaposi sarcoma 47 (10.2)
•Moderate malnutrition 42 (9.2)
•Pneumocystis pneumonia 8 (1.7)
Most common documented diagnoses at last visit
•Pneumonia 50 (10.9)
•Doing well 49 (10.7)
•Gastroenteritis 35 (7.6)
•Malaria 27 (5.9)
Prognosis documented as guarded or poor
•No 403 (87.8)
•Yes 56 (12.2)

*Excludes 25 with missing documented WHO staging in electronic medical record and 46 exposed infants.