Accelerated severity of illness score may provide an enhanced predictive model for cases of complicated osteomyelitis in children, according to data presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting. 

“The accelerated severity of illness score has resolved a number of model weaknesses and exhibits unparalleled sensitivity and specificity reported as the AUC,” Norman A. Lapin, Ph.D., said in his presentation.

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