AANP Certification Exam Questions and Answers 2023

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AANP Certification Exam Questions and Answers 2023 (Verified Answers)

1.diverticulum can be an infection of: both gram - and + bacteria

2.Which diuretic should be used for osteoporosis?: Thiazide

diuretics: slows the kidneys excretion of calcium and increases

reabsorption

3.Lachman maneuver: knee

instability tear of ACL

4.Infections of labia and vagina: bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis, and

trichomo- niasis

5.Chlamydia affects: cervix, endometrial lining, fallopian tubes, pelvic

cavity

6.Acute abdomen symptoms: involuntary guarding, rebound

tenderness, board-like abdomen, +obturator and psoas sign 7.Care of preecplampsia: bed rest, weight and blood pressure monitoring 1 / 4

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8.Preeclampsia labs: urine protein, serum protein, creatinine, platelet

count

9.Preeclampsia symptoms: hypertension, proteinuria, edema (weight

gain)

10.Preeclampsia complications: placental abruption, coagulopathy

(DIC), renal failure, uteroplacental insufficiency, liver failure, hypertensive encephalopathy, reti- nal detachment, pulmonary edema, seizure, death

• community acquired

pneumonia Most common bacteria least common bacteria Population

treatment: mycolpasma pneumoniae (atypical)

• influenza, strep

pneumoniae atypical:

psuedomonas aeruginosa college student, school children,

military macrolides: azithromycin,

clarithromycin 2 / 4

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12.Mantoux test: Positive: 5mm

Positive for recent immigrants:

10mm

13.Murphy's sign: biliary disorders

deep inspiration by patient and deep palpation RUQ below costovertebral angle

14.placenta previa: implantation of the placenta over the cervical

opening or in the lower region of the uterus painless bright red blood in the second or third trimester Order abdominal US 3 / 4

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15.Hashimoto's is most common in which population: middle age to

older women

16.Hypertension Retinopathy: AV nicking and copper or silver wire

arterioles flame-shaped hemorrhages

17.threatened abortion: vaginal bleeding and cramping, soft uterus,

cervix closed

18.bacterial vaginosis: fishy odor, milky white or dull gray

discharge pH > 4.5 > 20% clue cells KOH whiff test

19.squamous cells dotted with lots of bacteria that obscure borders:

clue cells

20.Lichen sclerosis: skin disease, white spots appear over time, most

common genital and rectal most common in older woman itching, discomfort, bleeding order

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