Prevalence and location of petechial spots in well infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 518-520

  Soheilifar, Jafar ^a   Ahmadi, Mehdi ^b   Ahmadi, Mohammad ^a   Mobaien, Ahmad Reza ^c  

^a Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences Besat Hospital   (Iran)

^b Hamadan University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^c ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; PETECHIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRUNK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA;

EID: 77953754699     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.155226     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. DiGiulio Gregg A. Fever and petechiae: no time for a rash decision. Clin Ped Emerg Med 2000;1:132-7.
2. Mandl KD, Stack AM, Fleisher GR. Incidence of bacteraemia in infants and children with fever and petechiae. J Pediatr 1997;131:398-404.
3. Brogan PA, Raffles A. The management of fever and petechiae: making sense of rash decisions. Arch Dis Child 2000;83:506-7.
4. Van Nguyen Q, Nguyen EA, Weiner LB. Incidence of invasive bacterial disease in children with fever and petechiae. Pediatrics 1984;74:77-80.
5. Downes AJ, Crossland DS, Mellon AF. Prevalence and distribution of petechiae in well babies. Arch Dis Child 2002;86:291-2.
6. Baker RC, Seguin JH, Leslie N, et al. Fever and petechiae in children. Pediatrics 1989;84:1051-5.
7. Wells LC, Smith JC, Weston VC, et al. How likely is meningococcal disease in a child with a non-blanching rash? Arch Dis Child 2001;85:218-22.
8. Carpenter RF. The prevalence and distribution of bruising in babies. Arch Dis Child 1999;80:363-6.