TY - JOUR T1 - The management of fever and petechiae: making sense of rash decisions JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 506 LP - 507 DO - 10.1136/adc.83.6.506 VL - 83 IS - 6 AU - P A Brogan AU - A Raffles Y1 - 2000/12/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/83/6/506.abstract N2 - In a retrospective and prospective audit of 55 children presenting to the paediatric assessment unit of a district general hospital with fever and petechial rash, 9% had significant bacterial sepsis. The “ILL criteria” (irritability, lethargy, low capillary refill) for the management of children with fever and petechiae are proposed. ER -