Table 1: Creatine Kinase (CK) daily trend over 12-day hospital course.

Hospital Day # 

Day 1 

Day 3 

Day 4 

Day 4*

Day 5 

Day 6 

CK (U/L)

2,758

74,916

104,560

> 100,000

10,366

19,957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospital Day #

Day 7 

Day 8 

Day 9 

Day 10 

Day 11 

Day 12 

CK (U/L)

9,774

4,291

2,255

1,333

757

442

*Patient received corticosteroids on Day #4, which shows correlation with overall clinical improvement and CK downtrend.