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