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APEA EXAM || QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ LATEST AND
COMPLETE VERSION WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS || GUARANTEED PASS!!
An enlarged liver with a smooth tender edge may suggest: - ANSWER: right sided
heart failure
An enlarged liver with a firm, non tender edge may suggest: - ANSWER:
Cirrhosis, hematochromotosis (increase iron intake in the blood and lymphoma
An enlarged liver that is firm or hard and has an irregular edge or surface -
ANSWER: Hepatocellular carcinoma
S/S associated with diabetic gastroparesis may include: - ANSWER: Vomiting of
undigested food
Weight loss
Erratic glucose levels
GERD
What is sarcopenia and what causes it? - ANSWER: Sarcopenia = age related loss
of skeletal muscle mass
Causes:
-inactivity
-protein imbalance
-mitochondrial dysfunction
-insulin resistance
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-oxidative stress
-increased inflammatory factors
-loss of motor units as muscle ages
Psoas sign - ANSWER: RLQ pain with extension of right thigh indicative of
appendicitis
Rovsing's sign - ANSWER: Pain in RLQ with palpation of LLQ indicative of
appendicitis
Obturator's sign - ANSWER: RLQ on internal rotation of right thigh indicative of
appendicitis
Murphy's sign - ANSWER: pain with palpation of the RUQ during inspiration,
indicative of cholecystitis
acute pancreatitis - ANSWER: inflammation of the pancreas secondary to the
leakage of pancreatic enzymes from the acinar cells into the parenchyma of the
organ
Pain is localized in the abdomen, can be epigastric and may radiate to the posterior
trunk
biliary colic - ANSWER: pain in the gallbladder caused by gallstones obstructing
bile flow
Pain in the epigastric or RUQ and may radiate to right shoulder or scapula
APEA EXAM || QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ LATEST AND
COMPLETE VERSION WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS || GUARANTEED PASS!!
An enlarged liver with a smooth tender edge may suggest: - ANSWER: right sided
heart failure
An enlarged liver with a firm, non tender edge may suggest: - ANSWER:
Cirrhosis, hematochromotosis (increase iron intake in the blood and lymphoma
An enlarged liver that is firm or hard and has an irregular edge or surface -
ANSWER: Hepatocellular carcinoma
S/S associated with diabetic gastroparesis may include: - ANSWER: Vomiting of
undigested food
Weight loss
Erratic glucose levels
GERD
What is sarcopenia and what causes it? - ANSWER: Sarcopenia = age related loss
of skeletal muscle mass
Causes:
-inactivity
-protein imbalance
-mitochondrial dysfunction
-insulin resistance
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-oxidative stress
-increased inflammatory factors
-loss of motor units as muscle ages
Psoas sign - ANSWER: RLQ pain with extension of right thigh indicative of
appendicitis
Rovsing's sign - ANSWER: Pain in RLQ with palpation of LLQ indicative of
appendicitis
Obturator's sign - ANSWER: RLQ on internal rotation of right thigh indicative of
appendicitis
Murphy's sign - ANSWER: pain with palpation of the RUQ during inspiration,
indicative of cholecystitis
acute pancreatitis - ANSWER: inflammation of the pancreas secondary to the
leakage of pancreatic enzymes from the acinar cells into the parenchyma of the
organ
Pain is localized in the abdomen, can be epigastric and may radiate to the posterior
trunk
biliary colic - ANSWER: pain in the gallbladder caused by gallstones obstructing
bile flow
Pain in the epigastric or RUQ and may radiate to right shoulder or scapula
