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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

you love, you're in the right place.

Enjoy the show.

For this week's clinical file, we have Gertie, and Gertie is an 80-year-old female who presents with confusion and a

progressive loss of memory that has been present for months. In addition, the patient has a

shortened attention span and episodes of hallucinations and paranoia,

especially in the late afternoons.

Which of the following pathologies is the patient most likely experiencing?

So we have A, delirium, B, cerebral vascular accident, C, Alzheimer's disease, and D is urinary tract infection.

All right, so let's go up to the top of this question.

Y'all, I'm super excited about this one right here.

You want to know why?

Because a lot of my students in the coaching program have been asking me about dementia and

Alzheimer's and delirium and the differences between those two but also like how urinary tract infection

can cause memory loss and all this stuff right and so I was like all right this is something

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