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Atraumatic, Normocephalic

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ATNC; Normal external hand inspection

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Battles sign

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Bruising behind the ears, indicative of a basilar skull fracture

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Cephalgia

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Headache

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Encephalopathy

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Disease of the brain

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Facial Angioedema

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swelling of the face often secondary to an allergic reaction

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Fontanel

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Anatomical feature of an infant’s skull, the “soft spot”

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Frontal

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the forehead and the anterior top of the skull

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Meningitis

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infection of the meninges, the membranes that contain the brain and spinal cord

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Occipital/occiput

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The most posterior part of the skull, the back of the head

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Parietal

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location across the posterior top of the skull

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Raccoon eyes

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bruising around the eyes, indicative of a basilar skull fracture

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Sinusitis

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infection of the sinuses, usually causing sinus pressure

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Temporal

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The sides of the head, near the temples

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