Table 3.
Causes of first admission assigned according to predetermined categories and probability (N = 251 admissions)
| Admission cause category | Total, n (column %) |
Probability of cause,* n (row %) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definite | Probable | Possible | ||
| Total | 251 | 82 (32.7) | 87 (34.7) | 82 (32.7) |
| AIDS-related illness* | 41 (16.3) | 29 (70.7) | 4 (9.8) | 8 (19.5) |
| Previously undiagnosed TB | 52 (20.7) | 11 (21.2) | 28 (53.9) | 13 (25.0) |
| On TB treatment with worsening TB disease | 43 (17.1) | 9 (20.9) | 11 (25.6) | 23 (53.5) |
| Surgical | 21 (8.4) | 12 (57.1) | 6 (28.6) | 3 (14.3) |
| Treatment related | 18 (7.2) | 0 | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) |
| Bacterial infection | 20 (8.0) | 5 (25.0) | 6 (30.0) | 9 (45.0) |
| Non-communicable disease | 14 (5.6) | 10 (71.4) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (14.3) |
| Gastrointestinal disorders | 12 (4.8) | 0 | 3 (25.0) | 9 (75.0) |
| Liver/renal failure | 9 (3.6) | 1 (11.1) | 7 (77.8) | 1 (11.1) |
| Neurological disorder | 5 (2.0) | 0 | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) |
| Hematological disorder | 7 (2.8) | 3 (42.9) | 3 (42.9) | 1 (14.3) |
| Unknown | 6 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | 6 (100) |
| Psychiatric disorder | 3 (1.2) | 2 (66.6) | 1 (33.3) | 0 |
TB = tuberculosis.
*
See Supplemental Table S1 for criteria used to assign causes and probabilities.