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ABRET CORRELATION OF HISTORY WITH EEG
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GRADE A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
The interictal EEG of children with a history of untreated febrile seizures
usually is
a. excessively fast
b. asynchronous and slow
c. diffusely paroxysmal
d. normal - ANS ✓normal
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
a. multifocal spikes
b. LPDs/PLEDs
c. GPDs/GPEDs
d. FIRDA - ANS ✓GPDs/GPEDs
What effects might be seen on an EEG performed on a patient with chronic
alcoholism?
a. diffuse slowing
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b. low amplitude and decreased alpha
c. high amplitude beta
d. frontal slowing - ANS ✓low amplitude and decreased alpha
PLEDs are not typically seen in patients with
a. herpes simplex encephalitis
b. acute cerebral infarct
c. acute cerebral lesions
d. Lennox-Gastaut - ANS ✓Lennox-Gastaut
Which of the following EEG patterns is characteristic of West syndrome?
a. Generalized spike and wave
b. hypersynchrony
c. status epilepticus
d. hypsarrhythmia - ANS ✓hypsarrhythmia
The EEG of a patient with hepatic encephalopathy is most likely to show:
a. burst suppression pattern
b. generalized triphasic waves
c. atypical spike and wave
d. FIRDA - ANS ✓generalized triphasic waves (hepatic is related to liver)
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An EEG pattern usually seen in toxic-metabolic encephalopathies, most
commonly hepatic or renal. Usually associated with an alteration of
consciousness
a. intermittent rhythmic delta patterns
b. subtle changes in the background rhythms
c. PLEDs
d. Triphasic waves - ANS ✓triphasic waves
Which of the following would indicate the best prognosis in a comatose
patient?
a. generalized low amplitude delta with no background activity
b. electrographic changes indicating wakefulness and sleep
c. spindle coma
d. generalized suppression of the EEG - ANS ✓electrographic changes
indicating wakefulness and sleep
Very high voltage, generalized, but anterior-dominant fast activity
appearing as continuous sleep spindles sometimes found in mental
retardation has been referred to as:
a. super spindles
b. mega spindles
c. frontal spindles
ABRET CORRELATION
ABRET
ABRET CORRELATION OF HISTORY WITH EEG
(NEW 2024/ 2025 UPDATE) QS & AS|
GRADE A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
The interictal EEG of children with a history of untreated febrile seizures
usually is
a. excessively fast
b. asynchronous and slow
c. diffusely paroxysmal
d. normal - ANS ✓normal
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
a. multifocal spikes
b. LPDs/PLEDs
c. GPDs/GPEDs
d. FIRDA - ANS ✓GPDs/GPEDs
What effects might be seen on an EEG performed on a patient with chronic
alcoholism?
a. diffuse slowing
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b. low amplitude and decreased alpha
c. high amplitude beta
d. frontal slowing - ANS ✓low amplitude and decreased alpha
PLEDs are not typically seen in patients with
a. herpes simplex encephalitis
b. acute cerebral infarct
c. acute cerebral lesions
d. Lennox-Gastaut - ANS ✓Lennox-Gastaut
Which of the following EEG patterns is characteristic of West syndrome?
a. Generalized spike and wave
b. hypersynchrony
c. status epilepticus
d. hypsarrhythmia - ANS ✓hypsarrhythmia
The EEG of a patient with hepatic encephalopathy is most likely to show:
a. burst suppression pattern
b. generalized triphasic waves
c. atypical spike and wave
d. FIRDA - ANS ✓generalized triphasic waves (hepatic is related to liver)
ABRET CORRELATION
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An EEG pattern usually seen in toxic-metabolic encephalopathies, most
commonly hepatic or renal. Usually associated with an alteration of
consciousness
a. intermittent rhythmic delta patterns
b. subtle changes in the background rhythms
c. PLEDs
d. Triphasic waves - ANS ✓triphasic waves
Which of the following would indicate the best prognosis in a comatose
patient?
a. generalized low amplitude delta with no background activity
b. electrographic changes indicating wakefulness and sleep
c. spindle coma
d. generalized suppression of the EEG - ANS ✓electrographic changes
indicating wakefulness and sleep
Very high voltage, generalized, but anterior-dominant fast activity
appearing as continuous sleep spindles sometimes found in mental
retardation has been referred to as:
a. super spindles
b. mega spindles
c. frontal spindles
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