Family Medicine & Medical Science Research
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Xavier A Preud’homme

Publications

• Case Report
  Manifestations of Anxiety? Explaining Tachycardia and Hypertension in a Patient with POTS
  Author(s): Brian B Kincaid, Andrew J Muzyk, Ronald J Kanter and Xavier A Preud’homme Brian B Kincaid, Andrew J Muzyk, Ronald J Kanter and Xavier A Preud’homme
  
  Background: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is characterized by autonomic dysfunction causing orthostatic intolerance. Psychiatrists should be aware of POTS because the symptoms exhibited by patients, such as tachycardia, tremulousness, fatigue, and abdominal pain, may be misinterpreted as a primary anxiety disorder, in particular panic disorder, or even as one of the somatoform disorders. Objective: The authors review literature on POTS and highlight a case of a 23-year-old female with hyperadrenergic POTS, admitted for a recurrent tachycardiac and hypertensive crisis. Method: The authors present a case report of history, diagnosis, and treatment. After being treated in the medical intensive care unit, the patient was referred to the internal medicine psychiatry service (med-psych) for management .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-4972.1000153

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