Outcomes of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 at the University Teaching Hospital of Butare in Rwanda and validation of the Universal Vital Assessment (UVA) mortality risk score.

ABSTRACT: There are few data regarding clinical outcomes from COVD-19 from low-income countries (LICs) including Rwanda. Accordingly, we aimed to determine 1) outcomes of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in Rwanda, and 2) the ability of the Universal Vital Assessment (UVA) score to predict mortality in patients with COVID-19 compared to sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) and quick (qSOFA) scores. We conducted a retrospective study of patients aged ≥18 years hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 at the University Teaching Hospital of Butare (CHUB), Rwanda, April 2021-January 2022. For each participant, we calculated UVA, SOFA, and qSOFA risk scores and determined their area under the receive operating characteristic curve (AUC). We used logistic regression to determine pr

SUBMITTER: Gashame DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11627434 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature