Beware of the Zebra: Nine-year-old with Fever
Kathryn Lupez, Bryant Allen, Sean Fox and 1 more
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine · 2019
doi:10.5811/cpcem.2019.5.42119 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
An otherwise healthy nine-year-old female who spoke only French presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, intermittent fevers, fatigue, and headache. She then quickly became febrile and altered requiring intubation. When treating a healthy child, the physician may initially develop a differential that includes common illnesses. Yet, as emergency medicine providers, we must be thinking about the “zebras” in order to not miss potentially deadly, curable diseases.
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