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In this multicenter diagnostic study of children hospitalized with suspected sepsis, the Phoenix Sepsis Score and sepsis criteria had similar performance to the original derivation and validation cohorts. The small proportion of children meeting Phoenix sepsis criteria, missingness of data, timing of application, and lack of sensitivity for in-hospital mortality limit the clinical utility of the criteria.
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