NAMS Exam Study Guide for Menopause Practitioners
menopause that occurs before
1. By 2020, number of age 45
women over 50
9. What is the term for menopause
2. By 2060, number of that occurs af- ter age 54
women over 50
10. What is the timeframe within the
3. What is the US female first 8 years af- ter FMP (and what
life expectancy numer-
4. How many oocytes in
the ovary at 20 weeks
preg- nancy
5. How many oocytes
left at birth
6. How many oocytes left
at puberty
7. What is the period
of change at
menopause
8. What is the term for
, NAMS Exam Study Guide for Menopause Practitioners
64 million
90 million
81.2 years
6-7 Million
1-2 million
300,000-500,000
Climacteric or perimenopause
Early menopause
Late menopause
Early post menopause (+1a, +1b, +1c)
, NAMS Exam Study Guide for Menopause Practitioners
ical SWAN stages corre-
spond?)
11. What is the timeframe Late post menopause (+2)
called after 8 years
from FMP (and what
numerical SWAN stage
corresponds?)
Menopause transition (-2, -1)
12. What is the time
before FMP with
cycle variabil- ity
(and what numerical
SWAN stages Early menopause transition (-2)
correspond?)
13. What is the time of
7 or more days persis-
tent difference in cycle
length (and what
numer- ical SWAN
stage corre- sponds?)
14. What is the time with 60 or Late menopause transition (-1)
more days of
amenorrhea at least
once (and what nu-
merical SWAN stage
corre- sponds?)
15. What is a retrospective 16. What is the timeframe from
de- termination of 12 onset of menstru- al cycle
months of irregularity to 1
amenorrhea
, NAMS Exam Study Guide for Menopause Practitioners
Natural menopause
Perimenopause
menopause that occurs before
1. By 2020, number of age 45
women over 50
9. What is the term for menopause
2. By 2060, number of that occurs af- ter age 54
women over 50
10. What is the timeframe within the
3. What is the US female first 8 years af- ter FMP (and what
life expectancy numer-
4. How many oocytes in
the ovary at 20 weeks
preg- nancy
5. How many oocytes
left at birth
6. How many oocytes left
at puberty
7. What is the period
of change at
menopause
8. What is the term for
, NAMS Exam Study Guide for Menopause Practitioners
64 million
90 million
81.2 years
6-7 Million
1-2 million
300,000-500,000
Climacteric or perimenopause
Early menopause
Late menopause
Early post menopause (+1a, +1b, +1c)
, NAMS Exam Study Guide for Menopause Practitioners
ical SWAN stages corre-
spond?)
11. What is the timeframe Late post menopause (+2)
called after 8 years
from FMP (and what
numerical SWAN stage
corresponds?)
Menopause transition (-2, -1)
12. What is the time
before FMP with
cycle variabil- ity
(and what numerical
SWAN stages Early menopause transition (-2)
correspond?)
13. What is the time of
7 or more days persis-
tent difference in cycle
length (and what
numer- ical SWAN
stage corre- sponds?)
14. What is the time with 60 or Late menopause transition (-1)
more days of
amenorrhea at least
once (and what nu-
merical SWAN stage
corre- sponds?)
15. What is a retrospective 16. What is the timeframe from
de- termination of 12 onset of menstru- al cycle
months of irregularity to 1
amenorrhea
, NAMS Exam Study Guide for Menopause Practitioners
Natural menopause
Perimenopause
