Data for: "Anemia, Blood Transfusion Requirements and Mortality Risk in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults Requiring Acute Medical Admission to Hospital in South Africa"

Kerkhoff, AD; Lawn, S; Schutz, C; Burton, R; Boulle, A; Cobelens, FJ and Meintjes, G (2015). Data for: "Anemia, Blood Transfusion Requirements and Mortality Risk in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults Requiring Acute Medical Admission to Hospital in South Africa". [Dataset]. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. http://ofid.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/4/ofv173/suppl/DC1

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Aggregated data supporting a publication on Anemia, blood transfusion requirements and mortality risk in HIV-infected adults requiring acute medical admission to hospital in South Africa.

Keywords

Africa; AIDS; Anemia; Blood transfusion; HIV; Hospitalized; Mortality

Item Type	Dataset
Resource Type	Resource Type Resource Description Dataset UNSPECIFIED
Description of data capture	Unselected consecutive HIV-infected adults requiring acute medical admission to a Cape Town township district hospital were recruited. Admission hemoglobin concentrations were used to classify anemia severity according to World Health Organization/AIDS Clinical Trials Group criteria. Vital status was determined at 90 days, and Cox regression analyses were used to determine independent predictors of mortality.
Capture method	Experiment: Field Intervention
Date	12 November 2015
Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)	North Latitude East Longitude South Latitude West Longitude -33.9109 18.5472 -34.1238 18.3188
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Kerkhoff, AD; Lawn, S; Schutz, C; Burton, R; Boulle, A; Cobelens, FJ and Meintjes, G
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Funders	Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI UNSPECIFIED Wellcome Trust UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Department for International Development UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Medical Research Council UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Date Deposited	12 Jan 2016 11:26
Last Modified	28 Sep 2018 21:18
Publisher	Oxford University Press