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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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Significantly elevated CRP (>122mg/L) and PCT (>0.5ng/mL) levels are predictors of bad outcomes, and are useful for tracking therapy progress, but are not specific enough to rule-in infectious endocarditis [38-39]. Identifying serious causes of back pain: cancer, infection, fracture. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Aug;75(8):557-66.