About this Event
POTS, or Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, is a common form of orthostatic intolerance that is frequently missed in primary and allied health settings. Patients typically present with palpitations, light-headedness on standing, fatigue, exercise intolerance and cognitive fog, often alongside unremarkable standard investigations. As a result the presentation is regularly misattributed to anxiety, panic disorder or deconditioning, and diagnosis is delayed by months or years.
This 60 minute workshop covers how to recognise POTS in a standard consult, how to screen for it in your own rooms, how to triage what you are seeing, and when and where to refer.
What we'll cover
- The core presentation and the diagnostic criterion: a sustained heart rate rise of at least 30 beats per minute within ten minutes of standing, in the absence of orthostatic hypotension
- Common misattributions, including anxiety, panic disorder, chronic fatigue and simple deconditioning, and how to distinguish them
- In-clinic screening you can perform without a tilt table, including the active stand and ten minute stand tests
- Associated presentations and comorbidities worth flagging, including post-viral onset and joint hypermobility
- Triage and red flags: who warrants cardiology input, and who can be managed conservatively
- An overview of management options and referral pathways across the multidisciplinary team
Who this is for
- GPs
- Cardiologists
- Exercise physiologists
- Physiotherapists
- Personal trainers working with clinical populations
- Practitioners in endocrinology, women's health and paediatrics
- Any clinician looking to build referral pathways around this presentation
Event venue & nearby stays
GATHR, Mezzanine, 309 George Street, Sydney, Australia
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