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Studies from University of Richmond update current data on cardiology

Published in Drug Law Weekly, January 5th, 2010

"The clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with significant noncardiac and cardiac serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) elevations are not well described. One hundred fifty-eight inpatients who had CPK elevation of >1000 IU/L were identified," scientists in the United States report.

"One hundred thirty-seven patients whose CPK elevations could be attributed to either noncardiac or cardiac etiologies were included and analyzed for clinical characteristics, 30-day, 3-month, and 1-year all-cause mortality rates. Twenty-one patients were excluded, in whom noncardiac and cardiac CPK (CCPK) elevations coexisted, or etiologies were unclear. Of the 137 patients, 43...

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