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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2018 Oct 11;203:68–75.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.009

Table 4:

Reason for hospitalization and cause of death

Reason for Hospitalization by HIV exposure
hivexposure Total (N=141)
HIV-exposed (N=89) HIV-unexposed (N=52)
Birth asphyxia 5(5.6%) 0(0.0%) 5(3.5%)
Congenital anomaly 3(3.4%) 2(3.8%) 5(3.5%)
Gastroenteritis 36(40.4%) 20(38.5%) 56(39.7%)
Others 4(4.5%) 6(11.5%) 10(7.1%)
Pneumonia 9(10.1%) 7(13.5%) 16(11.3%)
Complications of Prematurity 2(2.2%) 1(1.9%) 3(2.1%)
Pyrexia of unknown origin 1(1.1%) 1(1.9%) 2(1.4%)
Respiratory distress syndrome 2(2.2%) 0(0.0%) 2(1.4%)
Other respiratory tract infection 16(18.0%) 7(13.5%) 23(16.3%)
Sepsis 8(9.0%) 4(7.7%) 12(8.5%)
Trauma/poisoning 3(3.4%) 4(7.7%) 7(5.0%)
Primary causes of death by HIV exposure status
hivexposure Total (N=30)
HIV-exposed (N=22) HIV-unexposed (N=8)
Pneumonia 6 (27%) 0 6 (20%)
Birth Asphyxia 4 (18%) 1 (13%) 5 (17%)
Gastroenteritis 3 (14%) 2 (25%) 5 (17%)
Complications of Prematurity 2 (9%) 2 (25%) 4 (13%)
Sepsis 3 (14%) 0 3 (10%)
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia 1 (5%) 0 1 (3%)
Pyrexia of unknown origin 0 1 (13%) 1 (3%)
Pneumonitis 1 (5%) 0 1 (3%)
Respiratory distress syndrome 1 (5%) 0 1 (3%)
Trauma 0 1 (13%) 1 (3%)
Unknown 1 (5%) 1 (13%) 2 (7%)