ABRET Normal/Abnormal Pediatric and
Neonatal EEG Questions and Answers
2024
A posterior dominant rhythm reactive to eye closure first appears around:
a. 0-3 months
b. 12-18 months
c. 3-6 months
d. 6-12 months - ANS-3-6 months
By one year of age the dominant background rhythm should be
a.7-8 Hz
b. 1-2 Hz
c. 3-4 Hz
d. 5-6 Hz - ANS-5-6 Hz
Which of the following is the most likely dominant posterior rhythm in an awake 5 month
old infant?
a. 8 Hz
b. 7 Hz
c. 5 Hz
d. 3 Hz - ANS-5 Hz
The interictal EEG of children with a history of untreated febrile seizures usually is
a. asynchronous and slow
b. diffusely paroxysmal
c. normal
d. excessively fast - ANS-normal
, Which encephalopathic EEG pattern is most commonly associated with children?
a. GIRDA
b. OIRDA
c. TIRDA
d. FIRDA - ANS-OIRDA
Seen most often in children
a. wicket spikes
b. Rolandic spikes
c. Generalized spikes
d. temporal spikes - ANS-Rolandic spikes
High voltage theta or delta waves, commonly seen in children 8-14 years, accentuated
by hyperventilation
a. POSTS
b. posterior slow waves of youth
c. occipital slow transients
d. hypnagogic hypersynchrony - ANS-posterior slow waves of youth
Infantile spams
a. slow spike and wave
b. electrodecremental events
c. FIRDA
d. focal sharp waves - ANS-electrodecremental events
Asynchrony of sleep spindles is abnormal after:
a. 2 years
b. 4 months
c. 5 years
d. this is never an abnormal finding - ANS-2 years (spindles should be synchronous by
age 2)
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