CLTM ASET Bonus Questions & Correct Answers
2 basic montages used during electrode screening ✔️Ans - 1) numeric order
bipolar
2) referential
imaging that measures brain synchronicity ✔️Ans - coherence imaging
type of software helpful for quantifying seizures in ICU/EEG ✔️Ans -
trending
1st consideration when guarding against skin breakdown ✔️Ans - electrode
type
main MEG imaging techniques ✔️Ans - -single current dipole (ECD)
-current density/distribution (MR-FOCUSS)
-beamformer (spatial filter)
MRI safe electrodes guard against ✔️Ans - magnetic influence on electrodes
strengths of MEG ✔️Ans - -correlates function and anatomy
-millisecond temporal resolution
-millimeter spatial resolution
-non-invasive
Phase II EEG quality is greatly improved by implantation of ✔️Ans - grids for
reference and ground
only imaging technique that is useful for determining seizure focus ✔️Ans -
SPECT
MEG detects signals generated by ✔️Ans - pyramidal neurons
weaknesses of MEG ✔️Ans - -expensive
-requires magnetically shielded room
-requires helium
True or False: a pedometer is a type of MEG detector ✔️Ans - false
, ACNS recommendation for the time frame of physician interpretation of LTM
✔️Ans - read data collection after it is complete
cooling below 32 degrees C increases risk of ✔️Ans - -focal cerebral deficit
-infection
-coagulopathy
-arrhythmia
unable to form and store new memories ✔️Ans - anterograde amnesia
local networks ✔️Ans - -least expensive
-data cannot be viewed remotely
-are like most EMU setups
vertical eye movements will be out of phase with what ✔️Ans - RIO/LIO
effect of benzos on EEG ✔️Ans - increased rhythmic fast (25-35Hz)
decreased alpha voltage
Effect of Carbamazepine on EEG ✔️Ans - mild alpha slowing
random theta
effect of topiramate on EEG ✔️Ans - decreased alpha
increased theta and delta
highest incidence of epilepsy ✔️Ans - over 60 years age group
amplitude scale of y-axis in amplitude EEG graphs ✔️Ans - linear from 0-
10mcv
logarithmic from 10-100mcv
seizures in critically ill with encephalopathy: frequency, duration and
onset/offset ✔️Ans - slower frequencies
longer duration
less clearly defined onset, evolution and offset
olfactory aura ✔️Ans - temporal lobe or uncus
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