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Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Toxicity - Summary Clinical ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... polymyositis, dermatomyositis ... IU/I • SAMS clinical ... (SAMS-CI) • EMG
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
, splenectomy, etc ... illness What: Key signs ... and symptoms that ... define the clinical ... syndrome - Does
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Cardiac, pulmonary etc ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... proximal weakness Myopathy ... electromyographic (EMG ... Muscle Biopsy: Dermatomyositis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... renal failure Clinical ... of diagnosis (e.g ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Aldolase levels • EMG ... Symptoms: • Gottron ... papules and Gottron sign ... ) • Shawl sign ... • If myopathy
Serotonin Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Serotonin Syndrome: Variable combination of mental status changes, autonomic instability, and
Serotonin Syndrome ... drugs of abuse (e.g ... #Pathophysiology ... Psychiatry #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms