“The POTS Workup: What Should We Screen For- Brent Goodman, MD”: Tests For Autonomic Dysfunction

Today, I review and post Dysautonomia International‘s video, The POTS Workup: What Should We Screen For- Brent Goodman, MD, 59:04, Mar 24, 2022.

Dr. Brent Goodman, Director of the Autonomic Lab at Mayo Clinic’s Arizona campus and a member of Dysautonomia International’s Medical Advisory Board, presents a helpful overview of the various tests he may use when working up a POTS patient to search for conditions that mimic POTS, contribute to, or cause POTS.

All that follows is from the above resource.

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