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VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2026 CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Temporal lobe epilepsy accounts for what % of all adult patients with
epilepsy? Answer: 60%
⩥ The safest AED for pregnant women Answer: Lamictal
⩥ Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with Answer:
Infantile spasms
⩥ Expressive speech Answer: Broca's area
⩥ Vagus nerve stimulators are approved for use in patients with Answer:
partial seizures
⩥ Phenobarbital shows what activity? Answer: Beta
⩥ The majority of seizures in the intensive care unit are: Answer: non
convulsive
,⩥ Which medication is appropriate for treating status epilepticus?
Answer: Lorazepam
⩥ Keto diet consists of Answer: high fat, low carbohydrates, adequate
protein
⩥ Bolus of Propofol will cause: Answer: burst suppression
⩥ How often should Stimulation assessment be made on patients
monitored in the ICU? Answer: Daily
⩥ The greatest utility of CEEG is in the ICU patients with: Answer:
Unexplained "spells" such as variations in vital signs or twitching
⩥ WADA testing, also known as intracarotid amobarbitol procedure is
performed for: Answer: Language and memory lateralization
⩥ What less invasive test for language and memory has decreased the
number of WADA tests that are being conducted? Answer: fMRI
⩥ PET Answer: hypometabolism
,⩥ The intracarotid ambarbital test is used to determine cerebral
dominance for: Answer: language and memory function
⩥ WADA is associated with: Answer: language function
⩥ What does PET stand for? Answer: Positron Emission Tomography
⩥ Cerebral angiography prior to intracarotid amobarbital testing is
necessary to assess Answer: arterial blood flow
⩥ SPECT stands for: Answer: Single Photon Emitted Computed
Tomography
⩥ Which type of procedure is involved during the preoperative
diagnostic WADA test? Answer: Angiography
⩥ PET studies in a child with Rasmussen's encephalitis will most likely
demonstrate: Answer: Widespread hemispheric hypometabolism
⩥ As part of the pre-surgical work-up, this magnetic source localization
is used for spatial and temporal functional mapping of interictal
epileptiform discharges Answer: MEG
, ⩥ **PET studies in a patient with left temporal lobe epilepsy will most
likely show Answer: Decreased glucose uptake
⩥ Intracarotid injection of Amobarbital procedures are associated with:
Answer: ipsilateral hemispheric dysfunction and transient contralateral
paralysis
⩥ The interictal SPECT may show focal Answer: Hypoperfusion
⩥ The goal of cortical stimulation during functional mapping is to:
Answer: identify eloquent cortex
⩥ during a WADA test activities on one side of the brain are suspended
for approximately Answer: 4-8 minutes
⩥ The best imaging study for assessing hippocampal sclerosis Answer:
MRI
⩥ WADA is associated with what memory? Answer: Short term memory
⩥ At what postmenstrual age (PMA) do delta brushes start to appear?
Answer: 30 weeks
VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2026 CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Temporal lobe epilepsy accounts for what % of all adult patients with
epilepsy? Answer: 60%
⩥ The safest AED for pregnant women Answer: Lamictal
⩥ Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with Answer:
Infantile spasms
⩥ Expressive speech Answer: Broca's area
⩥ Vagus nerve stimulators are approved for use in patients with Answer:
partial seizures
⩥ Phenobarbital shows what activity? Answer: Beta
⩥ The majority of seizures in the intensive care unit are: Answer: non
convulsive
,⩥ Which medication is appropriate for treating status epilepticus?
Answer: Lorazepam
⩥ Keto diet consists of Answer: high fat, low carbohydrates, adequate
protein
⩥ Bolus of Propofol will cause: Answer: burst suppression
⩥ How often should Stimulation assessment be made on patients
monitored in the ICU? Answer: Daily
⩥ The greatest utility of CEEG is in the ICU patients with: Answer:
Unexplained "spells" such as variations in vital signs or twitching
⩥ WADA testing, also known as intracarotid amobarbitol procedure is
performed for: Answer: Language and memory lateralization
⩥ What less invasive test for language and memory has decreased the
number of WADA tests that are being conducted? Answer: fMRI
⩥ PET Answer: hypometabolism
,⩥ The intracarotid ambarbital test is used to determine cerebral
dominance for: Answer: language and memory function
⩥ WADA is associated with: Answer: language function
⩥ What does PET stand for? Answer: Positron Emission Tomography
⩥ Cerebral angiography prior to intracarotid amobarbital testing is
necessary to assess Answer: arterial blood flow
⩥ SPECT stands for: Answer: Single Photon Emitted Computed
Tomography
⩥ Which type of procedure is involved during the preoperative
diagnostic WADA test? Answer: Angiography
⩥ PET studies in a child with Rasmussen's encephalitis will most likely
demonstrate: Answer: Widespread hemispheric hypometabolism
⩥ As part of the pre-surgical work-up, this magnetic source localization
is used for spatial and temporal functional mapping of interictal
epileptiform discharges Answer: MEG
, ⩥ **PET studies in a patient with left temporal lobe epilepsy will most
likely show Answer: Decreased glucose uptake
⩥ Intracarotid injection of Amobarbital procedures are associated with:
Answer: ipsilateral hemispheric dysfunction and transient contralateral
paralysis
⩥ The interictal SPECT may show focal Answer: Hypoperfusion
⩥ The goal of cortical stimulation during functional mapping is to:
Answer: identify eloquent cortex
⩥ during a WADA test activities on one side of the brain are suspended
for approximately Answer: 4-8 minutes
⩥ The best imaging study for assessing hippocampal sclerosis Answer:
MRI
⩥ WADA is associated with what memory? Answer: Short term memory
⩥ At what postmenstrual age (PMA) do delta brushes start to appear?
Answer: 30 weeks
