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CLTM ASAP (ADVANCED SUPERVISION AND
ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL) BOARD EXAM |
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
An appropriate anesthetic regimen for language mapping
a) > 1 MAC
b) 1 MAC
c) Awake with local
d) TIVA - ✔✔✔ correct answer > C. Awake with local
Choose the correct order for surgical evaluation for epilepsy
surgery
a) EMU, medication trials, seizure, epilepsy diagnosis, imaging for
pathology, surgical resection, craniotomy, placement of subdural
electrodes
b) Seizure, placement of subdural electrodes, epilepsy diagnosis,
medication trials, surgical resection, imagining for pathology,
EMU
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c) EMU, seizure, epilepsy diagnosis, placement of subdural
electrodes, craniotomy, medication trials, surgical resection,
imagining for pathology
d) Seizure, epilepsy diagnosis, medication trials, imaging for
pathology, craniotomy, placement of subdural electrodes, EMU,
surgical resection - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D. Seizure, epilepsy
diagnosis, medication trials, imaging for pathology, craniotomy,
placement of subdural electrodes, EMU, surgical resection
Phase II of epilepsy surgery
a) Intracarotid amobarbital procedure is performed
b) Functional hemispherectomy is performed
c)Subdural electrodes are placed for intracranial monitoring
d) Functional imaging for hypometabolism - ✔✔✔ correct answer > C.
Subdural electrodes are placed for intracranial monitoring
All of the following EEG and clinical features are assoicated with
benign rolandic epilepsy except
a) The sharp wave is often associated with horizontal dipole with
maximum negativity at the centro-temporal region, and positivity
at the frontal region
b) The sharp wave is usually diphasic
c) The typical age of inset is 4-10 years
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d) Most people with the characteristic EEG findings have
seizures - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D. Most people with the
characteristic EEG findings have seizures
Functional brain mapping is used to define and confine the
excision to
a) Non-eloquent cortex
b) Broca's area
c) Eloquent cortex
d) Wernicke's area - ✔✔✔ correct answer > A. Non-eloquent cortex
The most common area depth electrodes are inserted in surgical
patients:
a) Mesial temporal lobe
b) Occipital lobe
c) Central sulcus
d) Premotor cortex - ✔✔✔ correct answer > A. Mesial temporal lobe
Long term monitoring in the ICU is most helpful for
a) Nonconvulsive status epilepticus
b) Tonic-clonic seizures
c) Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
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d) Frontal lobe seizures - ✔✔✔ correct answer > A. Nonconvulsive
status epilepticus
Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record from what region of
the brain?
a) Posterior temporal
b) Anterior temporal
c) Occipital
d) Parietal - ✔✔✔ correct answer > B. Anterior temporal
Video-EEG long term monitoring is performed simultaneously in
conjunction with which of the following modalities for localization
of seizure focus?
a) CT scan
b) Ictal PET
c) Ictal SPECT
d) MRI - ✔✔✔ correct answer > C. Ictal SPECT
Sterotatic frames are used to
a) To place grid electrodes
b) Visualize brain structures
c) Resect tissue
CLTM ASAP (ADVANCED SUPERVISION AND
ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL) BOARD EXAM |
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
An appropriate anesthetic regimen for language mapping
a) > 1 MAC
b) 1 MAC
c) Awake with local
d) TIVA - ✔✔✔ correct answer > C. Awake with local
Choose the correct order for surgical evaluation for epilepsy
surgery
a) EMU, medication trials, seizure, epilepsy diagnosis, imaging for
pathology, surgical resection, craniotomy, placement of subdural
electrodes
b) Seizure, placement of subdural electrodes, epilepsy diagnosis,
medication trials, surgical resection, imagining for pathology,
EMU
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c) EMU, seizure, epilepsy diagnosis, placement of subdural
electrodes, craniotomy, medication trials, surgical resection,
imagining for pathology
d) Seizure, epilepsy diagnosis, medication trials, imaging for
pathology, craniotomy, placement of subdural electrodes, EMU,
surgical resection - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D. Seizure, epilepsy
diagnosis, medication trials, imaging for pathology, craniotomy,
placement of subdural electrodes, EMU, surgical resection
Phase II of epilepsy surgery
a) Intracarotid amobarbital procedure is performed
b) Functional hemispherectomy is performed
c)Subdural electrodes are placed for intracranial monitoring
d) Functional imaging for hypometabolism - ✔✔✔ correct answer > C.
Subdural electrodes are placed for intracranial monitoring
All of the following EEG and clinical features are assoicated with
benign rolandic epilepsy except
a) The sharp wave is often associated with horizontal dipole with
maximum negativity at the centro-temporal region, and positivity
at the frontal region
b) The sharp wave is usually diphasic
c) The typical age of inset is 4-10 years
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d) Most people with the characteristic EEG findings have
seizures - ✔✔✔ correct answer > D. Most people with the
characteristic EEG findings have seizures
Functional brain mapping is used to define and confine the
excision to
a) Non-eloquent cortex
b) Broca's area
c) Eloquent cortex
d) Wernicke's area - ✔✔✔ correct answer > A. Non-eloquent cortex
The most common area depth electrodes are inserted in surgical
patients:
a) Mesial temporal lobe
b) Occipital lobe
c) Central sulcus
d) Premotor cortex - ✔✔✔ correct answer > A. Mesial temporal lobe
Long term monitoring in the ICU is most helpful for
a) Nonconvulsive status epilepticus
b) Tonic-clonic seizures
c) Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
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d) Frontal lobe seizures - ✔✔✔ correct answer > A. Nonconvulsive
status epilepticus
Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record from what region of
the brain?
a) Posterior temporal
b) Anterior temporal
c) Occipital
d) Parietal - ✔✔✔ correct answer > B. Anterior temporal
Video-EEG long term monitoring is performed simultaneously in
conjunction with which of the following modalities for localization
of seizure focus?
a) CT scan
b) Ictal PET
c) Ictal SPECT
d) MRI - ✔✔✔ correct answer > C. Ictal SPECT
Sterotatic frames are used to
a) To place grid electrodes
b) Visualize brain structures
c) Resect tissue
