2025 Updated I Human Case Study: 20-Year-Old Female
with Palpitations – Clinical Evaluation, Differential
Diagnosis, and Evidence-Based Management Plan (Week #9
| Class 6541 | Walden University)
, 1. Patient Overview
Name: (Not provided – referred to as Patient)
Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
Height: (Not specified)
Weight: (Not specified)
BMI: (Not calculated)
Setting: Outpatient clinic with ECG, lab, and imaging
capabilities
Primary Concern: Intermittent palpitations occurring
over the past week
2. Reason for Encounter
“I feel my heart racing and fluttering off and on, and it's
starting to scare me.”
3. Chief Complaint (CC)
Intermittent episodes of heart racing, fluttering, and
pounding sensations
Episodes lasting from seconds to several minutes
with Palpitations – Clinical Evaluation, Differential
Diagnosis, and Evidence-Based Management Plan (Week #9
| Class 6541 | Walden University)
, 1. Patient Overview
Name: (Not provided – referred to as Patient)
Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
Height: (Not specified)
Weight: (Not specified)
BMI: (Not calculated)
Setting: Outpatient clinic with ECG, lab, and imaging
capabilities
Primary Concern: Intermittent palpitations occurring
over the past week
2. Reason for Encounter
“I feel my heart racing and fluttering off and on, and it's
starting to scare me.”
3. Chief Complaint (CC)
Intermittent episodes of heart racing, fluttering, and
pounding sensations
Episodes lasting from seconds to several minutes
