Table 7: Predictors of mortality by baseline data.

Table 7: PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY BY BASELINE DATA

Predictors	Died (n=82)¹	Alive or other discharges (n=50)	P
Median age (yrs)	42	47	0.03*
Days enrolled (median)	65	36	0.07*
Inpatient referral source	73%	72%	0.84**
Karnofsky (median)	40	50	0.01*
MMSE (median)	0	10	0.13*
% with impairment > 2 ADLs²	70%	49%	0.03*
Median viral load (copies /ml)	44,762	63,004	0.78*
Median CD4/mm³	42	30	0.39*
Prior AIDS diagnosis	90%	90%	0.96**
Prior "poor prognosis" AIDS related condition³	44%	40%	0.66**
Prior life-threatening co-morbid condition⁴	45%	30%	0.08**
Median # severe of symptoms on MSAS	4	4	.43*

¹ Includes patients discharged to hospice or nursing home for end-of-life care
² Activities of daily living
³ See reference 13; based on National Hospice Organization criteria for poor prognosis AIDS-related conditions.
⁴ Including malignancy, end-stage liver disease, end-stage renal disease
* Mann-Whitney U test
** Pearson Chi Square test

[Citation: Selwyn PA, Rivard M, Kappell D, Goeren B, LaFosse H, Schwartz C, Caraballo R, Luciano D, Post LF. Palliative care for AIDS at a large urban teaching hospital: Program description and preliminary outcomes. Innovations in End-of-Life Care. 2002;4(3), www.edc.org/lastacts/]

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