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Table 4 Delivery type and cause of death in cases of first year postpartum mortality

From: Mode of delivery and postpartum HIV-1 disease progression and mortality in a Kenyan cohort

Mortality case

Delivery type

Indication for NSCS

Year of death

Months post partum

Last CD4 count

Cause of death

1

VD

n/a

2000

1

125

Pneumonia

2

VD

n/a

2000

9

1011

Sepsis/Abscess

3

VD

n/a

2001

7

204

Tuberculosis

4

VD

n/a

2002

12

141

Unknown

5

VD

n/a

2003

11

187

Meningitis

6

VD

n/a

2001

12

106

Pneumonia

7

VD

n/a

2002

10

65

Tuberculosis

8

VD

n/a

2003

4

176

Pneumonia

9

NSCS

Unknown

2000

5

56

Tuberculosis

10

NSCS

Fetal distress

2002

11

5

Pneumonia

11

NSCS

Arrest of labor

2002

7

*

Unknown**

12

NSCS

Arrest of labor

2002

10

76

Unknown

13

NSCS

Unknown

2003

4

275

Meningitis

  1. VDā€‰=ā€‰vaginal delivery, NSCSā€‰=ā€‰non-scheduled cesarean section.
  2. *No last CD4+ reported.
  3. **Reported to have Kaposiā€™s sarcoma at time of death.