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Petechiae and Hemorrhagic Rashes

Petechiae and Hemorrhagic Rashes. Dr. Harley Eisman Pediatric Emergency Medicine MUHC-Montreal Children’s Hospital. Outline. Objectives Cases Definition Background Evidence Consensus Global Evaluation of Purpura Selected Disease Entities Wrap-Up. Objectives.

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Petechiae and Hemorrhagic Rashes

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  1. Petechiae and Hemorrhagic Rashes Dr. Harley Eisman Pediatric Emergency Medicine MUHC-Montreal Children’s Hospital

  2. Outline • Objectives • Cases • Definition • Background • Evidence • Consensus • Global Evaluation of Purpura • Selected Disease Entities • Wrap-Up

  3. Objectives • At the end of the session the learner will: • Understand the important points in the clinical evaluation of the child with petechiae • Better use laboratory investigation in the evaluation of the child with fever and petechiae

  4. Case 1 • 5 year old male referred by pediatrician • fever x 48 hours • petechiae on trunk for 12 hours • cough,headache,abdo pain,difficulty swallowing • sick contacts at school • febrile,tired, non-toxic, vitals stable • petechiae on face, neck,chest abdomen and 1 thigh • red throat with some exudate, neck supple • WBC 17.3, HGB 126, PLT 212 49%N,28%L,5%ATL

  5. Case 2 • 2.5 year old male • fever for 24 hours, poor feeding, less active, nausea ?vomit • parents noticed spots on face • tired, febrile, vitals stable • mild rhinorrhea • petechiae under eyes, on face, on trunk, and on buttock • WBC 9.0, HGB 137, PLT 155, N41%,S10%,L40% • Coags:Normal • CXR: Normal, Sinus Views Positive

  6. Definitions • Purpura • nonblanchable purple lesion • blood extravasated outside vessel wall a)nonpalpable - no vessel inflammation petechiae - macules smaller than 3 mm ecchymoses- larger than 3mm b)palpable (macular) - vasculitis elevated lesion

  7. Purpura

  8. Context • …independent of age, fever with petechiae with or without localizing signs places the patient at high risk for life threatening bacterial infections such as bacteremia, sepsis, and meningitis…. Nelson’s pg. 700 • series have quoted the incidence of meningococcal disease in the setting of petechiae to be 7-11%

  9. Local Context • Meningitis vigilance of 2001 • Cowansville - Massey Vanier High

  10. Meningococcal Disease in Quebec – Past Decade

  11. Local Context

  12. What do you do ?

  13. Look at the Evidence

  14. Fever and Petechiae in ChildrenBaker et al, Pediatrics Vol.84 No.6 December 1989 • 190 patients prospectively enrolled • 15 children( 8%) with invasive infections • 39 children with nonbacteremic causes • 38 children with viral causes • 136 patients with clinical diagnoses

  15. Non-Invasive Strep Pyogenes(*) RSV Influenza E.Coli Uti Rotavirus Enterovirus Adenovirus Fever and Petechiae in ChildrenBaker et al, Pediatrics Vol.84 No.6 December 1989 • Invasive • Neisseria Meningitis • H.FluB • Strep Pneumo • Meningitis NYD

  16. Additional Infectious Causes • Parvovirus B19 (Fifth Disease) • Ebstein-Barr Virus

  17. Fever and Petechiae in ChildrenBaker et al, Pediatrics Vol.84 No.6 December 1989 • Location, Quantity • 40% of Invasive Disease had generalized • 11% of non-invasive had generalized • no patient with petechiae only above the nipple line had invasive disease

  18. Fever and Petechiae in ChildrenBaker et al, Pediatrics Vol.84 No.6 December 1989

  19. Incidence of bacteremia in infants and children with fever and petechiaeMandl et Al, Journal of Pediatrics 131(3) Sept. 1997 398-406 • Bacterial Culture Results from 411 patients with fever > 380C and petechiae

  20. Incidence of bacteremia in infants and children with fever and petechiaeMandl et Al, Journal of Pediatrics 131(3) Sept. 1997 398-406 Testing Performance of selected clinical and laboratory findings

  21. Performance of Clinical Features Wells LC et Al, Arch Dis Child 2001;25 p220

  22. Performance of Lab Test Wells LC et Al, Arch Dis Child 2001;25 p220

  23. Coagulation Profiles Willword, Pediatric Emergency Care, 2003 Vol 19(4) p. 244

  24. The Management of fever and petechiae:making sense of rash decisionsBrogan PA,Raffles A. Arch Dis Child 2000;83:506-7 • Guideline to detect SBS in children with fever and petechiae • derived from cohort of 55 patients • Risk Factors • cap refill > 2 seconds • irritability • lethargy • wbc < 5000 or > 15 000 • elevation of CRP > 5 mg/dl • sensitivity 100%, specificity 60%, PPV 20%, NPV 100%, NNT 5 • no risk - observe 4 hours • abnormal CRP or WBC but well, IV Antbx x 48 hours • Ill - ICU

  25. Diagnostic assessment of haemorrhagic rash and feverNielsen et Al, Arch Dis Child 2001;85:160-165 • Prospective non-interventional study • enrolled 264 patients • presence of hemorrhage in the skin • rectal temperature greater than 38oC • used logistic regression to determine clinical and laboratory variables predictive of meningococcal disease

  26. Diagnostic assessment of haemorrhagic rash and feverNielsen et Al, Arch Dis Child 2001;85:160-165

  27. Evaluation of Children with Petechial Rashes - Consensus • Nelson et al, PIDJ 1998;17:1135-40 • surveyed 833 Pediatricians • non toxic febrile children 1,2,5,and 7 years

  28. Meningococcemia • Mimic a viral like illness • first sign may be change in behavior • 75% fever • 75% petechiae and or purpura - 50% both • 50% positive blood cultures • 50% meninigitis

  29. Algorithm – Fever and PetechiaeRiordan FAI,Arch Dis Child 2001;85 172-175

  30. Evaluation of Purpura

  31. Purpura – Diagnostic Consideration • Platelet Disorders • Coagulation Factor Deficiency • Vascular Factors • Congenital • Hereditary Telangectasia • Ehrlos Danlos • Acquired • Infectious • HSP • Mechanical • Psychogenic • Abuse

  32. Evaluation of Purpura

  33. Evaluation of Purpura

  34. Henoch Schonlein Purpura • Clinical constellation and rash are diagnostics • Males 2:1 over age 2 • May have low grade fever • Supportive therapy • Prednisone 2mg/kg/day • GI, CNS, Testicular Symptoms • Albustix at home for 3 months to look for renal involvement • Follow Up with PCP

  35. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Puprpura • 1-4 weeks after a viral illness • Bruising and purpura • Mucous membrane (nose) bleeds • CNS hemorahges < 1% • No evidence of hematologic malignancy • Treatment • Expectant • Steroid • IVIG

  36. Wrap -Up • Trust your clinical evaluation of the child with fever and petechiae • Laboratory test will not offer added information

  37. Thank You for Your Attention

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