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Admission or discharge for a well children with a petechial rash

Report By: Dr Pallav Bhatnagar - Specialist Registrar in Emergency Medicine
Institution: Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex
Date Submitted: 7th January 2004
Last Modified: 7th January 2008
Status: Red (incomplete)

Three Part Question

In [clinically well child with fever and petechial rash] would period of [observation and discharge from Emergency Department] [change outcome]?