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What level of constant voltage is likely to cause asystole? - >2 A mps The most common of all epileptic manifestations and likely to occur in 3-4 % of all healthy children? - Benign Febrile Convulsions Stroke is the number 1, leading cause of death in the US? - False- it is 3rd Continuous monitoring of EEG in the ICU had become more common due to: - *Ability to review EEG data via networking *Digital Video and EEG *Advances in Computer memory storate Has a mortality rate of 10% to 33% -...

In what ways can seizures be classified? - Clinical and electrographic features What is the incidence of new-onset seizures? - Approximately 80 per 100,000 per year What euphemism has been frequently employed to avoid the term epilepsy? - Seizure disorder What is a simple partial seizure? - Consciousness is preserved; the person is alert, can respond to questions or commands, and can remember what occurred during the seizure. What is a complex partial seizure? - Consciousness is altered or l...

In what ways can seizures be classified? - Clinical and electrographic features What is the incidence of new-onset seizures? - Approximately 80 per 100,000 per year What euphemism has been frequently employed to avoid the term epilepsy? - Seizure disorder What is a simple partial seizure? - Consciousness is preserved; the person is alert, can respond to questions or commands, and can remember what occurred during the seizure. What is a complex partial seizure? - Consciousness is altered or l...

1 A 37 year old female is experiencing an auditory aura where she is hearing buzzing in her ears. Which, contacts would most likely show an EEG abnormality? A) 31-32 B) 52-53 C) 44-45 D) 60-61 2 Electrical Status Epilepticus during Sleep (ESES) is linked to A) Lennox-Gastaut syndrome B) Landau-Kleffner syndrome C) West's syndrome D) Hypothalamic Hamartoma A 40 year old is experiencing an epigastric aura, which EEG contacts would most likely show an abnormality? A) 34-35 B) 50-51...

Olfactory hallucinations - A lesion of the uncus may result in Progressive dementia, bilateral rigidity and myoclonus, stupor, death - What is the typical clinical presentation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease? Dilation of blood vessels - The pain of a migraine generally results from VIII - Acoustic neuromas arise on the following cranial nerves National Patient Safety Goals - Reduction of health care-associated infections is addressed by Infancy - The onset of Sturge-Weber disease is typically...

Patient's with Rett's syndrome usually develop normally until age what? a. 18-24 months b. 3-6 months c. 6-18 months d. 2-4 years - c. 6-18 months Which of the following is most likely to be associated with a normal EEG? a. left frontal subdural hematoma b. left frontal abscess c. acoustic neuroma d. cerebellar abscess - d. cerebellar abscess During an absence seizure the technologist should? a. stop recording and go to the patient's aid b. turn the patients head to the left...

Stimulation assessment should be made on patients monitored in the ICU - Daily **What function has the lowest risk of being affected if a temporal lobectomy is performed in the dominant hemisphere - Supplementary Motor Deficits Where would the central sulcus be found in this sample - Between G3-G4 The purpose of bilateral mesial temporal depth electrodes is to - Lateralize hippocampal seizure focus The sample EEG shown, most closely represents a(n) - 58 year old survivor of cardiopulmonary r...

BAEP / R - Brainstem auditory evoked potential / response -Diagnosis for cerbellopontine angle tumors, mutliple sclerosis, brainstem lesions, metabolic and toxic encephalopathies,brain death, and early prediction of outcome in postraumatic coma, Kindling - Development of epileptic seizures (in rats) that results from repeated focal stimulation and leads to the development of a predisposition to epileptiform convulsions. Similar to a log will not burn unless it's kindled. Mirror Focus Pheno...

What does OSHA stand for? - Occupational Saftey & Health Administration OSHA function (select one) a. Prevents wrong-site surgery b. Protects Private Patient Health Information c. Insures an environment of patient safety d. insures and environment of safety for the staff - insures an environment of safety for the staff What does CMS stand for? - Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS administers: a. Medicare & Medicaid b. Medicare, Medicaid & HIPPA c. Affordable Care Act d. Joint...

safest AED for pregnancy - Lamictal bolus of propfol - burst suppression mediation to treat SE - Lorazepam VNS - partial seizure RNS neurostimulator - -placed under the scalp -used as an adjunctive therapy in adults only -delivers stim when specific patterns are detected MEG useful for - cortical dysplasia gliomas tuberous slcerosis length of suspension of brain activity in WADA - 4-8 minutes effect of WADA on brain activity - transient contralateral paralysis ipsilateral hemispheric...