What’s New in Pediatric Orthopaedics

Abstract

InfectionPediatric acute hematogenous osteomyelitis can cause severe illness in children, and a study from New Zealand found that the development of acute (early) complications was more likely to occur if the C-reactive protein (CRP) failed to reduce by 50% at days 4 and 5 after the initiation of treatment 12 . Furthermore, Disclosure: The Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest form is provided with the online version of the article (http://links.lww.com/JBJS/H805).