Association between CD4 T cell counts and the immune status among adult critically ill HIV-negative patients in intensive care units in Uganda

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Cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) is a glycoprotein found on the surface of immune cells such as T helper cells and macrophages. Critical care has become an important area of the health sciences, leading to development of scoring systems to guide clinicians in estimating patients’ prognoses, and in particular the risk of mortality. The most frequently used scoring system is the Acute Physiology Age and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II). Low CD4 T cell counts were associated with mortality among HIV patients admitted to African ICU. No such study had been conducted in Uganda before; hence, no available policies regarding use of CD4 T cell counts among critically ill HIV-negative patients from the Ugandan Ministry of Health.