Significantly elevated serum creatine phosphokinase concentrations have been demonstrated in 70% of patients with acute psychosis. Elevations in spinal fluid creatine phosphokinase (CPK) activity have been reported in several neurological diseases, often in association with otherwise normal routine spinal fluid studies. Spinal fluid and serum were obtained simultaneously from 11 patients with a...

Sudden cardiac death due to acute myocardial infarction is the most prevalent cause of death in adults and constitutes a significant portion of the autopsies that are conducted by Forensic pathologists in our country. Serum cardiac isoenzymes creatine phosphokinase-MB (CK-MB) has high sensitivity and specificity for cardiac damage and it is routinely used for clinical diagnosis of myocardial in...

During the last 7 years, there have been a number of investigations of the incidence of various types of neuromuscular dysfunction in patients with schizophrenic and affective illnesses and their first-degree relatives in comparison with appropriate controls, including nonpsychotic psychiatric patients. Before reviewing these studies, it may be of value to discuss why neuromuscular dysfunction ...

An enzyme is present in extracts of rabbit alveolar macrophage which can catalyze the reaction of creatine phosphate with adenosine diphosphate to form adenosine triphosphate and creatine. The enzyme is moderately activated by reduced glutathione, has a pH optimum between pH 6.5 and 7.0, and shows an absolute requirement for Mg(2+). The K(m) for creatine phosphate is approximately 3.6 mm while ...

Objectives Cardiac biomarkers have been studied in sepsis in the past and various mechanisms for their rise have been elucidated. However their association with severity of sepsis, mortality and myocardial dysfunction warrants further studies. We have studied three different cardiac biomarkers- troponin T (trop T), creatine phosphokinase MB isoform (CPK MB) and NT pro brain natriuretic peptide ...

BACKGROUND Our goal was to assess the diagnostic value of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) and its isoenzyme CPK- muscle brain (MB) in ectopic pregnancy (EP) in order to locate a simpler diagnostic approach for EP. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a prospective study that performed consecutive sampling for 20 months in two major hospitals in Isfahan, Iran. All pregnant patients in their first trime...

BACKGROUND Myocardial dysfunction needing inotropic support is a typical complication after on-pump cardiac surgery. In this study, we evaluate the effect of milrinone on patients with ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). METHODS Seventy patients with impaired left ventricular function [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 35%] undergoing on-pump CABG...