Alexander M Stephan, Shari Platt, Deborah A Levine, Yuqing Qiu, Lillian Buchhalter, Todd W Lyons, Nakia Gaines, Andrea T Cruz, Sindhu Sudanagunta, Isabel J Hardee, Jonathan R Eisenberg, Vanessa Tamas, Constance McAneney, Sri S Chinta, Claudia Yeung, Jeremy M Root, Colleen Fant, Jennifer Dunnick, Elysha Pifko, Christine Campbell, Madison Bruce, Geetanjali Srivastava, Christopher M Pruitt, Leslie A Hueschen, Irma T Ugalde, Callie Becker, Elena Granda, Eileen J Klein, Ron L Kaplan
OBJECTIVES: To identify independent predictors of and derive a risk score for acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) in children. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective matched case-control study of children >90 days to <18 years of age undergoing evaluation for a suspected musculoskeletal (MSK) infection from 2017 to 2019 at 23 pediatric emergency departments (EDs) affiliated with the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee. Cases were identified by diagnosis codes and confirmed by chart review to meet accepted diagnostic criteria for AHO...
January 1, 2024: Pediatrics