Apea Exam / APEA Exam | Comprehensive NP Board Review Practice Questions & Answers | High-Yield Exam Prep

Apea Exam / APEA Exam | Comprehensive
NP Board Review Practice Questions &
Answers | High-Yield Exam Prep




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
-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