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CASE HISTORY


10 month old boy. Taken to GP with h/o sudden onset of fever, vomiting and lethargy for 4 hours. Mother very anxious about child. GP referred child to walk-in clinic at hospital.


History on admission: Feverish and drowsy – sudden onset. 2 episodes of vomiting, 1 soft stool, no rash.


Assessment on admission: Drowsy and pale, dark rings around eyes.
Temp 37.7
CVS: P 181, BP 120/52, CRT 4 secs. Child peripherally shutdown.

RS: RR 32 breathing laboured and child cyanosed.
SaO2 100% in oxygen.
NS: GCS10 then 9, no neck stiffness.

Fine blanching rash on abdo/chest. 1 petechial spot on abdo.


Diagnosis: meningococcal septicaemia


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