PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brogan, P A
AU  - Raffles, A
TI  - The management of fever and petechiae: making sense of rash decisions
AID  - 10.1136/adc.83.6.506
DP  - 2000 Dec 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 506--507
VI  - 83
IP  - 6
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/83/6/506.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/83/6/506.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2000 Dec 01; 83
AB  - 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.