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Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase ... - Causes of Elevated ... Subacute to Chronic Causes ... AnnKumfer #Creatine #Kinase
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
Anemia Intrinsic Causes ... G6PD, pyruvate kinase ... elliptocytosis Extrinsic Causes ... Intravascular Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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- Tyrosine kinase ... diagnosis #nephrology #Causes
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Intercellular Shift - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift - Appropriate renal excretion (GFR,
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Phosphate, Creatinine Kinase ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
DRESS-associated drugs

DRESS syndrome can be life threatening and it has a documented mortality rate of about
All kinds of drugs ... #Medications #Causes
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
receptor type II-like kinase-I ... #Differential #Causes
The Cell Cycle
The cell cycle is the series of tightly regulated steps that controls cell growth
Cyclin-dependent kinases ... factor E2F (in the case ... factor (in the case ... proteins) that cause ... Cyclin-dependent kinase
Ventilator Troubleshooting Summary
High PIP, nl Pplat:
 - DDx: Tubing problem, Bronchospasm, Secretions
 - Next Steps: Check
Steps: Check for kinks ... Treat underlying cause
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
anti—muscle-specific kinase ... More likely to cause ... glucocorticoids - can cause
Medications Contributing to Dysgeusia

Antimicrobial medicines	Macrolides, fluoroquinolones, ampicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amphotericin B, terbinafine and other antimycotic
Levodopa Protein kinase ... Induced #Drugs #Causes