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APEA- ASSESSMENT GASTROENTEROLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2025
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APEA- ASSESSMENT GASTROENTEROLOGYQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2025
Abdominal percussion is performed to assess:
local inflammation.
generalized tenderness.
density of tissues and organs.
size and placement of the kidneys. - ANSWER density of tissues and organs.
Indicators of oropharyngeal dysphagia include all of the following symptoms
except:
drooling.
nasopharyngeal regurgitation.
cough.
vomiting. - ANSWER vomiting.
Of the five percussion notes, which one produces a drum-like sound heard over air
filled structures during the abdominal examination?
Tympany
Dullness
Flatness
Hyperresonance - ANSWER Tympany
Stool that appears bloody, mucoid, or with pus, may indicate:
,constipation.
a lesion in the sigmoid colon.
hemorrhoids.
Crohn's disease. - ANSWER Chron's disease
A patient is experiencing a dull achy pain in the epigastric area with eating. This
type pain is consistent with:
a gastric ulcer.
a duodenal ulcer.
pancreatitis.
dumping syndrome. - ANSWER a gastric ulcer
duodenal = relieved with food
gastric = worsens with food
A 30-year-old male presents with generalized abdominal pain. With flexion of the
legs at the hip an increase in his abdominal pain is noted. This finding elicited a
positive:
psoas sign.
Rovsing's sign.
Murphy's sign.
obturator sign. - ANSWER psoas sign.
Atypical respiratory symptoms associated with gastroesophageal disease (GERD)
may include all of the following except:
, coughing.
wheezing.
aspiration pneumonia.
rhinitis. - ANSWER rhinitis.
A patient complains of an unpleasant abdominal fullness after a light meal. This
complaint may be consistent with:
diabetic gastroparesis.
peptic ulcer.
gastritis.
gastrocolic fistula. - ANSWER diabetic gastroparesis.
Pain of biliary tree origin may be referred to the:
right shoulder.
retrosternal area.
left posterior chest.
back. - ANSWER right shoulder.
or right posterior chest
referred pain = pain felt more distal than the initial pain location
If a patient describes his stool as thin and "pencil-like", this could be associated
with:
constipation.
a lesion in the sigmoid colon.
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