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 Debbie and Debbie was recently admitted to the hospital with complaints of angina and a productive cough. Upon examination, the patient has crackles during late inspiration

and an elevated white blood cell count.

Which of the following diagnoses is the most likely present?

So we have A, systolic heart failure with pulmonary edema, B, pneumonia, C, obstruction of the bronchial airways and D is at alectasis so we go up to the top

we see what type of question this is right differential diagnosis kind of goes into that

evaluation category and we're looking more at pulmonary right you got to have you got to be locked

and loaded with your pulmonary knowledge to feel confident getting this one correct all right so

let's break it down piece by piece so we have debby and she was recently admitted to the hospital

with complaints of angina we know that is chest pain it's a medical term for chest pain, and a productive cough.

So I'm going to stop there.

It's a really important that we understand every piece of this.

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