RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The management of fever and petechiae: making sense of rash decisions
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 506
OP 507
DO 10.1136/adc.83.6.506
VO 83
IS 6
A1 Brogan, P A
A1 Raffles, A
YR 2000
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/83/6/506.abstract
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.