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APEA REVIEW EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Terms in this set (130)
Thiazide diuretic
Black Patient With or Without DM
Calcium channel blocker
Thiazide diuretic
Nonblack Patient With or Without DM Calcium channel blocker
ACE ARB
turbulent blood flow
heart murmurs are caused by
through the great vessels or across a heart valve occurs
• Stenotic valves don't Stenotic valves don't OPEN properly
Regurgitant valves don't Regurgitant valves don't CLOSE properly
Check liver enzymes prior to initiation of statin.
If pravastatin is chosen for Mr. Thibodeaux,
how would you manage this? Select all that
apply.
Start him on 40 mg today and recheck lipids/LFTs in 8 weeks.
htn stop nsaids naproxen
blockage in lower vessels
calf pain with walking. What's going on? intermittent claudication
peripheral artery disease
ABI <0.9 or >1.3 is highly suggestive of pad
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What interventions should be initiated . Decreased carbohydrate consumption.
to help decrease his triglyceride level
(323 mg/dL)? Select all that apply.
Suppose his triglycerides were 550 mg/dL? fibrates
How would you treat? lifestyle
If Mrs. Boudreaux were to develop heart amlodopine
failure, which medications would be most
beneficial to discontinue? Select all that naproxine
apply
Crackles
Heart Failure Clinical Signs and Symptoms
S3 and/or S4 • Peripheral edema may be present
-all men 65-75 who have ever smoked
-abdominal US
AAA screening
1 time only
liver involvement
statins
muscle cramps
What is the cutoff value when treatment 7.5 or higher
for hyperlipidemia is recommended?
Mitral regurgitation
The murmur of mitral regurgitation occurs during systole (holosystolic) and is
What type of murmur can radiate to the located in the mitral area of the chest. The location of the mitral area (fifth
left axilla? intercostal space on the left side of the midclavicular line) is near the left axilla, so
that a loud murmur can radiate to the left axilla. The causes can be congenital or it
may a be sequela of rheumatic fever, mitral valve prolapse, or papillary muscle
dysfunction secondary to acute or prior myocardial infarction.
difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
pulse deficit
radial - apical
The goal for patients aged 60 years or 150/90
older is blood pressure less than
shows a triglyceride level of 950 mg/dL, Initiate a prescription of fenofibrate (Tricor)
Prophylaxis treatment for endocarditis is no
longer recommended for patients with
mitral valve prolapse (MVP).
During a routine physical exam of a 90- Mitral stenosis
year-old woman, a low-pitched diastolic
murmur grade 2/6 is auscultated. It is
located on the fifth intercostal space (ICS)
on the left side of the midclavicular line.
Which of the following identifications is
correct?
Pulsus paradoxus is best described as: A decrease in systolic blood pressure on inspiration
digoxin (Lanoxin) for 10 years. Her EKG Order a serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), digoxin level, and an electrolyte
is showing a new onset of atrial panel
fibrillation. Her pulse is 64 beats/min
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APEA REVIEW EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Terms in this set (130)
Thiazide diuretic
Black Patient With or Without DM
Calcium channel blocker
Thiazide diuretic
Nonblack Patient With or Without DM Calcium channel blocker
ACE ARB
turbulent blood flow
heart murmurs are caused by
through the great vessels or across a heart valve occurs
• Stenotic valves don't Stenotic valves don't OPEN properly
Regurgitant valves don't Regurgitant valves don't CLOSE properly
Check liver enzymes prior to initiation of statin.
If pravastatin is chosen for Mr. Thibodeaux,
how would you manage this? Select all that
apply.
Start him on 40 mg today and recheck lipids/LFTs in 8 weeks.
htn stop nsaids naproxen
blockage in lower vessels
calf pain with walking. What's going on? intermittent claudication
peripheral artery disease
ABI <0.9 or >1.3 is highly suggestive of pad
1/8
, 3/23/25, 7:36 APEA Review Flashcards |
AM
What interventions should be initiated . Decreased carbohydrate consumption.
to help decrease his triglyceride level
(323 mg/dL)? Select all that apply.
Suppose his triglycerides were 550 mg/dL? fibrates
How would you treat? lifestyle
If Mrs. Boudreaux were to develop heart amlodopine
failure, which medications would be most
beneficial to discontinue? Select all that naproxine
apply
Crackles
Heart Failure Clinical Signs and Symptoms
S3 and/or S4 • Peripheral edema may be present
-all men 65-75 who have ever smoked
-abdominal US
AAA screening
1 time only
liver involvement
statins
muscle cramps
What is the cutoff value when treatment 7.5 or higher
for hyperlipidemia is recommended?
Mitral regurgitation
The murmur of mitral regurgitation occurs during systole (holosystolic) and is
What type of murmur can radiate to the located in the mitral area of the chest. The location of the mitral area (fifth
left axilla? intercostal space on the left side of the midclavicular line) is near the left axilla, so
that a loud murmur can radiate to the left axilla. The causes can be congenital or it
may a be sequela of rheumatic fever, mitral valve prolapse, or papillary muscle
dysfunction secondary to acute or prior myocardial infarction.
difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
pulse deficit
radial - apical
The goal for patients aged 60 years or 150/90
older is blood pressure less than
shows a triglyceride level of 950 mg/dL, Initiate a prescription of fenofibrate (Tricor)
Prophylaxis treatment for endocarditis is no
longer recommended for patients with
mitral valve prolapse (MVP).
During a routine physical exam of a 90- Mitral stenosis
year-old woman, a low-pitched diastolic
murmur grade 2/6 is auscultated. It is
located on the fifth intercostal space (ICS)
on the left side of the midclavicular line.
Which of the following identifications is
correct?
Pulsus paradoxus is best described as: A decrease in systolic blood pressure on inspiration
digoxin (Lanoxin) for 10 years. Her EKG Order a serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), digoxin level, and an electrolyte
is showing a new onset of atrial panel
fibrillation. Her pulse is 64 beats/min
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