Fever and Drooling in a Child

Sarah E. Winters, Brendan G. Carr

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVisual Diagnosis in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Second Edition
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages44
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)9781444333473
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 18-month-old female - with 2 days of fever and irritability
  • Case 64, fever - and drooling in the child
  • Child, developing a new onset of drooling - with decreased oral intake
  • Next most appropriate management strategy at this time
  • Past medical history - unremarkable
  • Physical examination, revealing febrile - ill-appearing, with neck stiffness
  • X-ray of neck

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