ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FINGER CLUBBING AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE IN HIV INFECTED CHILDREN AT KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL.

Background: Finger clubbing in HIV infected children is associated with pulmonary diseases. Respiratory diseases cause great morbidity and mortality in HIV infected children.

Objective: To determine association between finger clubbing and chronic lung diseases in HIV infected children and their clinical correlates (in terms of WHO clinical staging, CD4 counts/percentage, anti-retroviral therapy duration and pulmonary hypertension).