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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Mar 10;36(11):2010–2019. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.03.014
Characteristics HIV uninfected by history (n = 395) HIV uninfected by test during index care period (n = 168) p
Gender
 Male 215 (54.4) 92 (54.8%)
 Female 180 (45.6%) 76 (45.2%) 0.942
Age (years) 33 (24, 52) 38 (28, 61) 0.011
Preexisting comorbidities
 No 171 (51.6%) 82 (55.8%)
 Yes 160 (48.3%) 65 (44.2%) 0.405
qSOFA1 score
 0 134 (43.4%) 44 (31.4%) 0.024
 1 121 (39.1%) 59 (42.1.5%)
 ≥2 54 (17.5%) 37 (26.4%)
Emergency department treatments
 Intravenous fluids 246 (62.3%) 112 (66.7%) 0.322
 Antimicrobial medications 268 (67.9%) 125 (74.4%) 0.121
 Respiratory support 89 (22.5%) 42 (25.0%) 0.526
 Vasopressors 22 (1.0%) 10 (6.0%) 0.544
Overall outcome
 Discharged 266 (67.3%) 128 (76.2%)
 Transferred 7 (1.8%) 4 (2.4%)
 Died 92 (23.3%) 35 (20.8%) 0.006
 Eloped 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 Unknown 30 (7.6%) 1 (0.6%)