The management of fever and petechiae: making sense of rash decisions.

Acute methotrexate poisoning with diffuse rash: a case report

Background: Methotrexate is an anti-metabolite drug and one of the folic acid analog that it can play an important and functional role in the treatment of many malignancies and inflammatory diseases. However, the development of petechiae (maculopapular rash) is a very rare complication. Case Presentation: The patient was a 77 years old woman, Aryan race, who was known a case of severe and prog...

Study of the relation between employees' participation in organizational decisions making and empowerment in mazanderan

Purpose – The aim of this study is to examine relation between employees’ participation in the organizations decisions making and their psychological empowerment in Iran Telecommunication Company subsidiary of Mazanderan Province. Design / methodology /approach- 250 employees from the Iran Telecommunication Company subsidiary of Mazanderan Province participated in this study. A Spearman's cor...

Dengue Encephalitis Sir, Dengue fever has variable clinical spectrum ranging from asymptomatic infection to life-threatening dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Fever, arthralgia, headache, petechial spots, rash and haemorrhagic manifestations

Dengue fever has variable clinical spectrum ranging from asymptomatic infection to life-threatening dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Fever, arthralgia, headache, petechial spots, rash and haemorrhagic manifestations are common features. However, neurologic complications in general are unusual. In this documentation we present a case of dengue encephalitis, which is an uncomm...

Medical Practice in Children Presenting Fever with Petechial Rash to an Emergency Department.

INTRODUCTION The association of fever and petechiae in children is one of the most alarming findings for a paediatrician. To quickly distinguish between benign and life-threatening conditions is challenging in many cases. We aimed to evaluate the clinical practice of children presenting with fever and petechiae as initial symptoms. METHODS 41 patients (age 3 months-11 years) presenting with f...

Fever and petechial rash in a 9-year-old boy.