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CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE (CPK) LEVELS IN PREGNANCY: A CASE REPORT AND A DISCUSSION OF THE VALUE OF CPK LEVELS IN THE PREDICTION OF POSSlBLE MALIGNANT HYPERPYREXIA
Author(s) -
Isherwood D. M.,
Ridley J.,
Wilson J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00647.x
Subject(s) - creatine kinase , medicine , pregnancy , value (mathematics) , cardiology , obstetrics , mathematics , statistics , biology , genetics
Summary Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels during two consecutive pregnancies of a patient whose sister had died of malignant hyperpyrexia have been investigated. The results are compared with CPK levels of serum obtained from apparently normal people at similar stages of pregnancy. The rise of serum CPK occurring as a result of labour was much more pronounced in the malignant hyperpyrexia suspect.