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Impact of HIV infection on length of stay and total cost of admission for patients with severe sepsis |
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| Outcome |
Impact of HIV/AIDS |
P value |
Adjusted impact of HIV/AIDS |
P value |
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| Length of stay (days) |
-0.8 |
0.0669 |
-0.9a |
0.0516 |
| Hospitalization cost ($) |
-6,155 |
<0.0001 |
-2,706b |
<0.0001 |
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aAdjusted for mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, age, gender, comorbidities, race, infection site, payer, failing organ systems, presence of opportunistic infection, and hospital teaching status (adjusted R2 = 0.11). bAdjusted for mortality, ICU admission, length of stay, age, gender, comorbidities, race, infection site, payer, failing organ systems, presence of opportunistic infection, and hospital teaching status (adjusted R2 = 0.64). | ||||
Mrus et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R623 doi:10.1186/cc3811 |
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