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NCCPA Cardiology (Latest 2023 / 2024) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct 1. Etiology Dilated Cardiomyopathy Answer: 1. Idiopathic - postviral MC 2. Toxic (e.g. alcohol, coke) 3. Infectious -Enterovirus MC (viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic such as Chagas) 4. Pregnancy (post-partum) 5. Ischemic MC cardiomyopathy 95% 2. Manifestations Dilated Cardiomyopathy Answer: CHF - systolic failure. Hear S3, later-ally displaced PMI, mitral or tricuspid regurgitation Rarely: CP, ...

Neurologic System (NCCPA outline) (Latest 2023 / 2024) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct 1. What is the genetic basis of Huntington disease? Answer: Expansion of the *c*ytosine- *a*denine- *g*uanine trinucleotide repeats in the HTT gene think: you *HUNT* and animals go in a *CAG*e 2. PE will show pain in V2 and V3 distributions, not V1 Answer: Trigeminal Neuralgia(Tic douloureux) 3. CT scan of someone with Huntington will reveal Answer: cerebral and caudate nucleus atrophy ...

GI (NCCPA outline) (Latest 2023 / 2024) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct 1. - Patient will be an overweight (Fat),Fertile,Female in her Forties (4Fs) - Complaining of colicky,steadily increasing RUQ or epigastric pain aftereating fatty foods - PE will show *Murphy's sign, Boas sign* Diagnosis is made by: -- Initial = US -- Gold standard = HIDA - Most commonly caused by obstruction by a gallstone - Treatment is cholecystectomy Answer: Cholecystitis 2. Initial test for Chol...

Musculoskeletal (NCCPA outline) (Latest 2023 / 2024) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct 1. - most common injury sustained in blunt thoracic trauma. - may cause localized pain, crepitus, pain with inspiration, dyspnea, and mayeven cause pneumothorax or hemothorax. Answer: Rib fractures 2. Fractures of the - rib usually indicate severe trauma because of thenecessary force to produce such an injury. Answer: first 3. The pain associated with rib fractures may lead to Answer: hyp...

NCCPA Questions (Latest 2023 / 2024) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct 1. 46 yo female wondering, rambling, difficulty remembering, not oriented totime Answer: Delirium 2. 2 yo boy with fever, injected conjunctivae, strawberry tongue, desquamation/erythema of hands and feet, bilateral cervical adenopathy Answer: Dx: kawasakisyndrome Complication: coronary artery aneurysm 3. 31 yo AA female with low grade fever, iritis, red nodules over anterior lowerleg ( erythema nodosum), ...

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