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You don’t need labs or CT scans in children who have recovered after a simple febrile or first time seizure

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battle sign bruises around the mastoid, raccoon eyes, or other bruising and lacerations) or reported by history – but could be identified (later) with a bleed or fracture on a head CT scan if your index of suspicion is high or the seizure is going well beyond the expected duration and not responding well to antiepileptics.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

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In a small study involving 79 hospitalized children, PCT was found to be elevated in bacterial infections, with a decrease after appropriate antibiotic therapy, and decreased in viral infections [24]. Identifying serious causes of back pain: cancer, infection, fracture. days (secondary endpoint) [51]. Cleve Clin J Med. PMID: 18756836.