DDx of Palpitations
The number 5 most common cause of palpitations, of which a certain morning caffeinated beverage belongs to
What are medical and recreational drugs?
This blood test will look for low levels of hemoglobin
What is a CBC?
A potential cause of palpitations in older women associated with heat intolerance and sweating during a hot flash
What are vasomotor symptoms of menopause?
What is OPQRST?
You need 4 or more out of 14 symptoms to be diagnosed with this cause of palpitations
What are panic attacks?
This test is often used as a screening tool for cardiac evaluations and can sometimes show signs of conduction arrhythmias
What is an EKG?
What is angina?
The 3 pain "P's" that decrease the likelihood of ACS
What is: pleuritic, positional, and palpable?
The condition that can cause sinus tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and other kinds of supraventricular tachycardias
What is hypothyroidism?
This noninvasive test can help rule out valvular and other structural defects
What is an echocardiogram?
What is 3%?
The 3 symptoms usually associated with angina
What are sweating, shortness of breath and nausea?
A condition associated with acute presentation and tachycardia
What is anemia?
This device can readily detect dysrhythmias in patients with palpitations over an extended period of time
What are loop recorders?
The type of testing some experts say is better than exercise stress tests for evaluation of CHD in women
Physical exam finding suggestive of anemia as cause of palpitations
What is pallor in conjunctivae and hands?
Name 2 out of the 4 criteria necessary for diagnosing a panic disorder
What are:
A. Recurrent unexpected panic attacks
B. At least one of the attacks has been followed by a month or more of one or both of the following: Persistent concern or worry about additional panic attacks or their consequences (e.g., losing control, having a heart attack, "going crazy"). A significant maladaptive change in behavior related to the attacks (e.g., behaviors designed to avoid having panic attacks, such as avoidance of exercise or unfamiliar situations).
C. The disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., medication or illicit drug) or another medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism, cardiopulmonary disorders).
D. The disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder. As examples, the panic attacks do not occur only in response to: feared social situations, as in social anxiety disorder; Circumscribed phobic objects or situations, as in specific phobia; Obsessions, as in obsessive-compulsive disorder; Reminders of traumatic events, as in posttraumatic stress disorder Separation from attachment figures, as in separation anxiety disorder
This device helps detect dysrhythmias in patients over a 24-48 hour period using continuous electrocardiograph monitoring
What is a Holter monitor?
Percentage of initial cardiac events fatal in women
What is (up to) 40%?
The type of murmur associated with a mitral valve prolapse
What is a midsystolic click with a holosystolic murmur?