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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

2.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Blake is a 45-year-old male patient with chest pain at rest, pallor, palpitations, hypertension, and an elevated blood serum cholesterol level of 242 mg/dL. All of these clinical signs and symptoms are MOST likely red flags indicative of which of the following conditions?  

A. Stable angina pectoris 

B. Unstable angina pectoris 

C. Pericarditis 

D. Peptic ulcer

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide.

0:09.0

It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE.

0:16.0

Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn, and you'll see the life

0:22.4

I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to

0:27.8

change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple,

0:34.3

actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

0:40.5

All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream.

0:45.5

So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life

0:50.8

you love, you're in the right place.

0:53.1

Enjoy the show.

0:56.0

For this week's clinical file, we have Blake, and Blake is a 45-year-old male patient with chest pain at rest,

1:02.3

paler, palpitations, hypertension, and an elevated blood serum cholesterol level of 242

1:10.3

milligrams per deciliter. All of these clinical signs and symptoms

1:14.8

are most likely red flags indicative of which of the following conditions. So we have A, stable

1:22.7

angina pectoris, B, unstable angina pectoris, C, pericarditis, and D is peptic ulcer.

1:32.0

Let's go up to the top of this question and knock it out.

1:35.0

Y'all, this is so important for your NPTE.

1:38.1

You could easily get signs and symptoms where you have to pick out which of the following

1:42.3

pathologies are you most likely looking at.

1:44.9

This is huge right here.

1:46.4

Are you ready to absolutely crush this question?

1:48.5

All right.

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