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RPSGT EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (A+)What is the minimum number of hours in a split study of diagnostic and therapeutic?
-Answer 2 diagnostic 3 therapeutic
What stage of sleep is most stable respiratory-wise? -Answer N3 (NREM is more regular
and REM is irregular)
What is common mode rejection? -Answer It takes input signals and rejects identical
voltages from two different sources (records dissimilar voltages)
(the greater the CMMR, the more effective the amplifier)
what should the low pass filter for an EEG be if seizures are expected? - Answer 70 Hz
(usually 35 Hz)
What happens to a waveform is sensitivity is increased? - Answer The vertical size of the
wave decreases
what is the difference in gain and sensitivity? - Answer Increasing gain increases
amplitude and increasing sensitivity decreases the amplitude
What is the shortest sleep latency for a MSLT nap? - Answer 15 minutes (longest its 35
minutes)
What is HST? - Answer Home sleep test
How do you clean ECG electrodes? - Answer Wipe with cleaning agent that is
non-corrosive to plastic, air dry, gas sterilization as needed
, What are the NREM parasomnias? - Answer Confusional arousals, sleepwalking, sleep
terror, SRED
What are the REM parasomnias? - Answer Nightmares, RBD, sleep paralysis
How long does a "short sleeper" sleep?-Answer <6 hours (long: >10)
What stage of sleep is CSA more common?-Answer NREM
What are SOREMPS?- Answer Occurrence of REM sleep within 15 minutes of sleep
onset (<2 = hypersomnia, >2 narcolepsy)
What type of narcolepsy is cataplexy present? -Answer Type 1
When is narcolepsy onset age usually? -Answer 10-20
What is the effect of light therapy on circadian rhythms? Answer: Light therapy in the
morning, after core body temperature minimum advances the circadian rhythm, so go to
bed early and wake up early.
What is another term for "hypnic jerk"?-Answer Sleep start
What is cataythrenia?-Answer Sleep related groaning in REM sleep typically
What is anticipated for sleep-related seizures?-Answer Episodes typically last <1
minute, can have recurrent episodes, more likely early in the night, complex behaviors
are rare
What agents suppress REM?-Answer SSRI
TCA
Propranolol
Benzodiazepines
Barbiturates
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