Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with a non-blanching rash

Waterfield, Thomas; Dyer, Emma M; Lyttle, Mark

Abstract

Its 2am and you are called to review a “well looking child” in the emergency department who has presented with a new non-blanching rash. He has been hot at home with some coryzal symptoms. Mum is worried, she thinks the rash has spread in the last hour!

What are you going to do?

In this article, we discuss the aetiology and initial assessment of non-blanching rashes in children.

Citation

Waterfield, T., Dyer, E. M., & Lyttle, M. (2018). Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with a non-blanching rash. Archives of Disease in Childhood.education and Practice Edition, 103(5), 236-240. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313998

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 4, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Mar 7, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2018
• Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition
• Print ISSN: 1743-0585
• Electronic ISSN: 1743-0593
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 103
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 236-240
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313998
• Keywords: non-blanching rash, meningococcal
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/858163
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313998
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published version is available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-313998.