The Child with a Rash: Part One
Dr Rachel Tricks rejoins us to go through the management of a child with a non-blanching rash
- we go through the steps of assessing and managing a child with a non-blanching rash
- the red flags of a petechial rash
- common viral rashes (including a rant by Jamie against Andrew Wakefield and his ‘research’
Here’s a copy of the petechial rash algorithm used at the NUH NHS Trust:
Images from DermNetNz
Meningococcal Purpura
Non-specific viral rash
Urticarial rash
Chickenpox
Roseola
Parvovirus
Measles
Rubella
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Epstein Barr Virus Plus Amoxicillin
Eczema Herpeticum
Here is the #TakeVisually for this episode: