Why the study?
What are the prevalent causes of serum creatine kinase elevation in patients admitted to a medical department?
Population
100 consecutive patients admitted to a medical department with increased CK level, aged 23 to 94 years, 44…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 months (for patients with no initial potential cause)
Authors
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CK elevation in medical admissions warrants broad differentials beyond MI; leaves open prospective validation of diagnostic algorithms.
What are the prevalent causes of serum creatine kinase elevation in patients admitted to a medical department?
Serum CK elevation is a non-specific finding in medical admissions, with acute myocardial infarction accounting for only about a third of cases.
Kodatsch et al. (2001) studied this question.
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