Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (864 page)

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   Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis
   Electrical and thermal burns and trauma (approximately 50% of patients; but not supported by LD-1 > LD-2)
   Drugs (e.g., alcohol, cocaine, halothane [malignant hyperthermia], ipecac)
   Endocrine disorders (e.g., hypoparathyroid, acromegaly, DKA; hypothyroidism—total CK four to eight times ULN in 60–80% of cases; becomes normal within 6 weeks of replacement therapy)
   Some infections:
   Viral (e.g., HIV, EBV, influenza, picornaviruses, coxsackievirus, echovirus, adenoviruses)
   Bacterial (e.g.,
Staphylococcus
,
Streptococcus
,
Clostridium
,
Borrelia
)
   Rocky Mountain spotted fever
   Fungal
   Parasitic (e.g., trichinosis, toxoplasmosis, schistosomiasis, cysticercosis)
   Others:
   Malignant hyperthermia; hypothermia
   Reye syndrome

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