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Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Medications: statins, fibrates ... Medications- Statins, fibrates ... #Elevated #CK #differential
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Statins - Fibrates ... mimics #diagnosis #differential
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Differential Diagnosis ... drugs (statins, fibrates ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential
Fibrates - Gemfibrozil and Fenofibrate 
Mechanism: activates PPAR alpha
Lipid Effects:
 - Decrease TG by 30-50%
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Fibrates - Gemfibrozil ... 0-20% The Fibrate ... /ambcarerx #Fibrates
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
 -
Presentations Causes (PIRATES ... Causes #Mnemonic #PIRATES
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
Differential Diagnosis ... agents ex. dapsone, nitrates ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Differential
Achalasia Management Algorithm
 - Botulinum Injection
 - Pharmacotherapy (CCB/nitrates)
 - Pneumatic Dilation
 - Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy
Pharmacotherapy (CCB/nitrates
Drugs Used in Coronary Artery Disease 
 • Nitrates
 • Ca2+ Channel Blockers
 • Beta-Blockers
 •
Artery Disease • Nitrates
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Medications (CCB, ßB, Nitrates ... Syncope #Cardiology #Differential
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... relieved with nitrates ... it difficult to differentiate