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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME ... • METABOLIC DISORDER ... • HYPOXIA PSYCHIATRIC ... • ANXIETY DISORDER
Carcinoid Syndrome - Pathophysiology, Signs and Symptoms
Symptoms: Flushing, diarrhea, palpitations, bronchospasm
Complications: Carcinoid heart, mesenteric fibrosis, pellagra,
Carcinoid Syndrome ... Flushing, diarrhea, palpitations ... neuropsychological disorders ... #Carcinoid #Syndrome
Psychotic Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Mood disorder with psychotic features
 • Psychotic symptoms present exclusively during
Psychotic Disorders ... Algorithm Mood disorder ... during major mood syndrome ... Schizoaffective disorder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Restless Legs Syndrome ... Limb Movement Disorder ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Medical/Psychiatric ... Disorders (Eg.
Munchausen syndrome 
Factitious disorder - Feigns disease in an attempt to gain attention, sympathy or reassurance
Munchausen syndrome ... Factitious disorder ... #Munchausen #syndrome ... #Factitious #disorder ... #Psychiatry #Diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
May present as: palpitations ... • Cocaine - Psychiatric ... Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Personality Disorders ... expression • Narcissistic ... #Personality #Disorders ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome ... (sick sinus syndrome ... Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia Psychiatric ... : • Panic disorder
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff Syndrome ... Disease, Anton's Syndrome ... Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... Disorders By Dr
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... disorders • Toxic ... Alice #Wonderland #Syndrome