Short report: The management of fever and petechiae: making sense of rash decisions
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 83 (6) , 506-507
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.83.6.506
Abstract
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.Keywords
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