• Pediatr Emerg Med Pract · Jan 2020

    Review Case Reports

    Emergency department management of rash and fever in the pediatric patient

    • Rhonda L. Philopena, Erin M Hanley, and Kayla Dueland-Kuhn.
    • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
    • Pediatr Emerg Med Pract. 2020 Jan 1; 17 (1): 1-24.

    AbstractRash and fever are some of the most common chief complaints presenting to the emergency department. The evaluation of rashes in the febrile pediatric patient includes a broad differential diagnosis and use of the history and physical examination to identify red flags, such as hemodynamic instability, erythroderma, desquamation, petechiae/purpura, mucous membrane involvement, and severe pain, that should increase suspicion for worrisome disease. This issue reviews characteristics of common rashes as well as rarer, potentially life-threatening rashes, to guide management and treatment and improve patient outcomes.

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