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Posted On : 20 Jan 2013
11 year old with shock like presentation withh, o fever for 2 days, systolic BP-70 which responded to fluids.blood was thick reddish black in nature but pcv-38.5.consciousness regained within 2 hrs and shock recovered after 4 hours.boy started getting fever every 24 hours.similiar episode 2 months ago that time boy had remained unconscious for 3 hours then regained consciousness on its own_? post ictal state { as per the general practitioner handling case that time}
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Was the child cyanosed_? Since the blood was thick, reddish black in colour, rule out methemoglobinemia. ALso rule out metabolic disorders.
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