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At the onset of sleep, a 40 week b.
conceptional age infant is most likely to
enter into which of the following stages of
sleep?
a.Stage N1
b.Active
c. Stage N2
d. Quiet
Which of the following begins with the c.
head and eyes turning to one side?
a. Myoclonic seizure
b.Absence seizure
c.Adversive seizure
d. Focal sensory seizure
Which is the most important to document b.
in the history of your EEG patient?
a. Presence of sleep apnea
b. Skull defects
c. Last surgery
d. Neuropathy
A patient with a right hemiparesis most b.
likely has a lesion of the left?
a.Parietal lobe
b. Frontal lobe
c. Superior temporal gyrus
d. Cerebellum
What is the most prominent clinical a.
feature of Dilantin toxicity?
a.Ataxia
b.Weakness
c. Postural tremor
d. Behavior changes
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Which of the following should be b.
documented in the history?
a.The patient is nauseated
b.The patient had dialysis this morning
c.The patient did not sleep during the
recording
d. The patient donated blood prior to
the EEG
Which is most important to document in d.
the history of your EEG patient?
a.Psychiatric history
b. Cardiac history
c. Head circumference
d. Last seizure
In evaluating abnormal EEG discharges it is a.
most important to document:
a.Level of consciousness and movements
b. Heart rate and blood pressure
c. Last meal and handedness
d. Current medications and dosages
The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating b.
a.Brain tumors
b. Seizure disorders
c. Cerebral trauma
d. Cerebrovascular disease
ICTAL EEG c.
a.Time in between events
b.Time following an event
c.Time during the event
d.Time before the event
fMRI a.
a.Functional MRI
b. Flouriscopic MRI
c. Filtered MRI
d. Focused MRI
This study would be useful for acute head b.
trauma
a. NCS
b. CT
c. PET
d.X-ray
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DIPLOPIA c.
a.Decreased vision in both eyes
b. Drooping eyelids
c. Double vision
d. Blurred vision
Which of the following tests will assist in b.
determining cerebral hemisphere language
dominance?
a.Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
b. Intracarotid Sodium Amytal (WADA)
c. Ictal-Interictal SPECT Scan
d. Computerized axial tomography
Deja Vu d.
a.Generalized tonic-clonic seizure
b.Absence seizure
c. Focal motor seizure
d. Focal seizure
Used to localize site of seizure onset by b.
looking for area of hyperperfusion
a.CT
b. Ictal SPECT
c. Interictal PET
d. MRI
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB d.
a.Polyspike complex
b. Multifocal sharp waves
c. Spike and wave complex
d. Periodic sharp waves
PROXIMAL c.
a.Above
b. Below
c. Near to
d. Far from
SCOTOMA b.
a.Increase in intraocular pressure
b.Area of visual loss
c. Retinal inflammation
d. Scieral tumor
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