Hospitalization and mortality outcomes among adult persons living with HIV in a tertiary hospital in South-western Nigeria: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: HIV infection continues to be a major public health issue, with significant morbidity and mortality especially in resource poor areas. Infection with HIV results in an increased risk of opportunistic infections and other complications, which may lead to hospital admission and death. Morbidity and mortality patterns among hospitalized persons living with HIV (PLHIV) have been well documented in high income countries, but there is paucity of such data in Nigeria. We investigated the reasons for hospitalization and predictors of death among adult PLHIV at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Abeokuta, Nigeria. This was a hospital based cross-sectional study carried out over a 15-month period between January 2018 and March 2019. All consenting hospitalized adult PLHIV who met the inclusion criteri

SUBMITTER: Omololu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11238994 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature