Paediatric Rashes

Objectives

To guide the management of paediatric patients presenting to medical facilities with a rash.

Scope

This guideline describes the investigation and management of children who present to medical facilities with a rash, either in isolation, or as part of a constellation of other symptoms.

The guideline focuses on presentations which are seen most in a paediatric population, rather than in adults. Rashes which present in all age groups are covered elsewhere within CGOs.

Contents (A-Z)

Chicken Pox (Varicella Zoster)

Cradle cap (pityriasis capitis)

Eczema herpeticum (Herpes Simplex Virus – 1 or 2)

Erythema toxicum neonatorum (ETN)

Hand, foot and mouth disease

Henoch Schönlein Purpura (HSP)

Impetigo

Measles

Molluscum contagiosum

‘Nappy rash’ (Napkin Dermatitis)

Rubella (German measles)

Scarlet Fever

Slapped Cheek Syndrome (Fifth Disease)

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (Staphylococcus aureus)

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Urticarial rash (hives)

Viral rash - non-specific (viral exanthem)

Audience

Registered healthcare professionals fulfilling a general role in a forward medical location or in an Emergency Department within a deployed hospital facility.