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Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Toxicity - Summary Clinical ... Presentation: • Elevations ... Muscle Symptoms ... (SAMS-CI) • EMG ... muscle symptoms
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
by excretion (e.g ... its metabolism (e.g ... presentations and disease states ... asthma - accessory muscle ... - Compartment syndrome
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
or TSH level if symptoms ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... oral secretions (e.g ... macrolides - Muscle ... procainamide, statins
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Altered mental status ... Altered mental status ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... • EEG: With persistent
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... fairly symmetric muscle ... than one after symptom ... Electrodiagnostic studies (Ex EMG ... the underlying pathophysiology
Serotonin Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Serotonin Syndrome: Variable combination of mental status changes, autonomic instability, and
combination of mental status ... drugs of abuse (e.g ... Hyperreflexia, muscle ... #Pathophysiology ... #Signs #Symptoms