The diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis is based on the measurement of which laboratory value?
a. White blood cell count (WBC)
b. Antinuclear antibodies
c. Aspartate aminotransferase
d. Creatine kinase (CK)
ANS: D
The most important and clinically useful measurement in rhabdomyolysis is serum CK. A level five times the upper limit of normal (about 1000 units per liter) is used to identify rhabdomyoly-sis. While the other options may be measured, they are not used as diagnostic criteria.
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