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RAISED CREATINE KINASE |
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cardiac (CK-MB raised): |
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myocardial infarction or contusion |
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skeletal (CK-MM raised; rhabdomyolysis): |
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trauma, incl. IM injectionsurgery shock (any cause)polymyositis fit hypokalaemia McArdle's syndrome (phosphorylase deficiency)burns |
unaccustomed exercise tachypnoea (respiratory muscles)cramps muscular dystrophies malignant hyperpyrexia muscle ischaemia generalised viral infections (EBV, coxsackie, influenza) |
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drugs / toxins: |
statins and fibrates alcohol heroin abuse CO poisoning snake venom glue sniffing |
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cerebral (CK-BB raised): |
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cerebrovascular accident head injury acute psychosis |
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