A Desquamating Skin Rash in a Pediatric Patient

Prompt identification and treatment of true dermatologic emergencies is essential in emergency medicine, especially in vulnerable populations such as pediatric patients. This is a case of a three-year-old female who presented with significant dehydration in the setting of a desquamating skin rash di...

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Autores principales: Haggerty, John, Grimaldo, Felipe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31061964
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.1.41162
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description Prompt identification and treatment of true dermatologic emergencies is essential in emergency medicine, especially in vulnerable populations such as pediatric patients. This is a case of a three-year-old female who presented with significant dehydration in the setting of a desquamating skin rash diagnosed in our emergency department as staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-64972012019-05-06 A Desquamating Skin Rash in a Pediatric Patient Haggerty, John Grimaldo, Felipe Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Prompt identification and treatment of true dermatologic emergencies is essential in emergency medicine, especially in vulnerable populations such as pediatric patients. This is a case of a three-year-old female who presented with significant dehydration in the setting of a desquamating skin rash diagnosed in our emergency department as staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6497201/ /pubmed/31061964 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.1.41162 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Haggerty et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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