PEDIATRIC FEVER + SEIZURE = FEVER

When a child has a fever and a seizure, do the age appropriate workup for a fever and you won't go wrong!!!

Routine laboratory studies usually are not indicated unless they are performed as part of a search for the source of a    fever.

Electrolytes assessments are rarely helpful in the evaluation of febrile seizures.

Patients with febrile seizures have an incidence of bacteremia similar to patients with fever alone.