Fig 7.
Diagnostic and management pathway from primary care to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU): petechiae in children and meningococcal disease (MCD). (Each square represents one child.) *Range 30-180, but incidence of petechiae in primary care consultations for illness unknown. **Range 27-147, but incidence of petechiae in emergency department varies (Medline search May 2006)