PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Moghadam-Kia, Siamak
AU  - Oddis, Chester V.
AU  - Aggarwal, Rohit
TI  - Approach to asymptomatic creatine kinase elevation
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.83a.14120
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 37--42
VI  - 83
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/1/37.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/1/37.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2016 Jan 01; 83
AB  - How to manage a patient who has an elevated serum creatine kinase (CK) level but no or insignificant muscle-related signs and symptoms is a clinical conundrum. The authors provide a systematic approach, including repeat testing after a period of rest, defining higher thresholds over which pursuing a diagnosis is worthwhile, and evaluating for a variety of nonneuromuscular causes. They also outline a workup for neuromuscular causes.