Hospital admissions from a pediatric HIV care and treatment program in Malawi

The scale up of pediatric antiretroviral treatment programs across Sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade has brought increasing numbers of children into HIV care. This patient population requiring life-long care presents new challenges in the outpatient and inpatient settings. We sought to describ...

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Published in:BMC pediatrics 2016-01, Vol.16 (22), p.22-22, Article 22
Main Authors: Nosek, Carl A, Buck, W Chris, Caviness, Alison C, Foust, Abbie, Nyondo, Yewo, Bottomani, Madalitso, Kazembe, Peter N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Admission and discharge
Adolescent
Age
Analysis
Child
Child, Preschool
Complications and side effects
Development and progression
Early Diagnosis
Enrollments
Female
Health aspects
Health Services Accessibility
Highly active antiretroviral therapy
HIV
HIV infection
HIV Infections - complications
HIV Infections - therapy
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Malawi
Male
Medical records
Mortality
Nutritional status
Patient admissions
Pediatrics
Retrospective Studies
Variables
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Summary:The scale up of pediatric antiretroviral treatment programs across Sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade has brought increasing numbers of children into HIV care. This patient population requiring life-long care presents new challenges in the outpatient and inpatient settings. We sought to describe hospitalizations from a large pediatric HIV treatment facility to better understand the scope of the situation and identify areas for improved care delivery. We conducted a retrospective case series of all HIV-infected and exposed patients
ISSN:1471-2431
1471-2431
DOI:10.1186/s12887-016-0556-3