PAEA Summative Exam Questions and Answers

PAEA Summative Exam Questions and Answers Aortic Stenosis - ANSWER Systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur best heard at the right upper sternal border radiating to the carotid artery. mid-systolic ejection murmur heard over the base of the heart (seen in rheumatic heart disease) Maneuver to Inc Aortic Stenosis murmur - ANSWER sitting while leaning forward increased venous return Cyanotic heart disease - ANSWER Tetralogy of Fallot Transposition of the Great Arteries Ebstein Anomaly myxedema - ANSWER Hypothyroidism cold intolerance thick non pitting edema of skin periorbital edema brain abscess - ANSWER caused by Strep and Staph direct spread by subacute and chronic otitis media mastoiditis dental infection most frequent finding = headache Sixth cranial nerve palsy - ANSWER horizontal diplopia cannot move eye laterally (cannot abduct) Strabismus on exam What examination findings will be present in a patient with a complete oculomotor (CN III) palsy? - ANSWER Ptosis, a large unreactive pupil, and paralysis of adduction, elevation and depression of the affected eye. MCC pathogen for Blepharitis - ANSWER Staphylococci symptom most characteristic of acute cervicitis - ANSWER postcoital bleeding