Performance of the Universal Vital Assessment (UVA) Mortality Risk Score in Hospitalized Adults with Infection in Rwanda: A Retrospective External Validation Study
Originally Published hereBACKGROUND: We previously derived a Universal Vital Assessment (UVA) score to better risk-stratify hospitalized patients in sub-Saharan Africa, including those with infection. Here, we aimed to externally validate the performance of the UVA score using previously collected data from patients hospitalized with acute infection in Rwanda. METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of…