The HIV Testing Trends and Outcomes at a Johannesburg Trauma ICU Unit

University of Witwatersrand, South Africa868 enrolled

Overview

A retrospective observational study on the HIV testing trend and outcomes in a trauma population admitted to a critical care unit for care.

Trauma ICU admission of 18 years and older were enrolled in the study. The HIV status was further divided into HIV-positive, HIV-negative, and HIV-unknown subgroups. The gender, ages, mechanism of injury, injuries sustained, ISS, physiological data, septic-related complications, and in-hospital mortality were noted and further analyzed. Descriptive statistics were utilised using STATA version 15, and a p-value of \<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

868

Conditions

Outcome, Fatal

Interventions

Elisa HIV testingDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

HIV testing on a voluntary basis

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Trauma patients admitted to a Trauma ICU at CMJAH - Exclusion Criteria: Those under the age of 18 or with incomplete data \-

Locations (1)

Charlotte Maxeke Johanneburg Academic Hospital

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The HIV testing trends

Number tested for HIV in the study group

Time frame: study period over two years (from 01 January 2017 till 31 December 2018)

Outcomes

Septic related complications (wound infections, chest sepsis, septicaemia and sepsis related organ failure incidents

Time frame: study period over two years (from 01 January 2017 till 31 December 2018)

Secondary Outcomes

Mortality

In-hospital mortality in the cohort

Time frame: study period over two years (from 01 January 2017 till 31 December 2018)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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