CLTM ASAP EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
safest AED for pregnancy - ANSWER Lamictal
bolus of propfol - ANSWER burst suppression
mediation to treat SE - ANSWER Lorazepam
VNS - ANSWER partial seizure
RNS neurostimulator - ANSWER -placed under the scalp
-used as an adjunctive therapy in adults only
-delivers stim when specific patterns are detected
MEG useful for - ANSWER cortical dysplasia
gliomas
tuberous slcerosis
length of suspension of brain activity in WADA - ANSWER 4-8 minutes
effect of WADA on brain activity - ANSWER transient contralateral paralysis
ipsilateral hemispheric dysfunction
what diagnostic test is resulting in fewer WADA tests - ANSWER fMRI
Panayiotopoulos syndrome - ANSWER Occipital Epilepsy with tonic eye deviation, ictal
,vomiting, visual seizures
good prognosis
conceptual age delta brushes appear - ANSWER 30 weeks
neonatal EEG pattern is evaluated based on - ANSWER post-menstrual age (PMA)
surgical treatment for hypothalamic hamartomas - ANSWER Gamma Knife
typical absence-ANSWER myoclonic jerks, automatisms with the staring spell
typical absence common with-ANSWER LGS
treatment for patients with epileptic zones arising from or overlapping with eloquent
cortex-ANSWER multiple subpial transection
post-ictal impairment of function with a discrete region-ANSWER Todd's paralysis
most frequently involved vessel in CVA-ANSWER ICA
treatment for Sturge-Weber-ANSWER hemispherectomy
maximum leakage current when recording from patients with invasive monitoring
electrodes - ANSWER 10 microamp
basal extracranial electrodes for recording mesial temporal or frontal discharges are
placed where - ANSWER near foramen ovale
sphenoidal electrodes monitor activity from - ANSWER anterior temporal area
, subzone of epileptogenic zone that is the gold standard for localization - ANSWER ictal
zone
thrombosis of ACA results in - ANSWER contralateral lower extremity weakness
physiologic substrate of clinical seizure activity - ANSWER abnormal neuronal
discharge
cross communication between blood vessels - ANSWER anastomosis
time base for sensory-motor localization - ANSWER 50msec
depth electrodes are best for monitoring what area - ANSWER hippocampal area
cortical potentials for median nerve SSEP are recorded from - ANSWER ipsilateral
parietal lobe
cortical responses over the primary somatosensory cortex to median nerve SSEPs -
ANSWER negative nearfield
lateralizing sign that occurs contralateral to sz onset - ANSWER extended arm used in
"sign of 4" posture
gold standard for identifying motor cortex - ANSWER direct cortical stimulation
what area is the lowest risk of being affected in a temporal lobectomy performed in the
dominant hemisphere - ANSWER supplementary motor deficits
phase reversal in identifying central sulcus must occur within how long of the original
stim in order to prove phase reversal - ANSWER within 2 msec
what is the appropriate anesthetic regimen for language mapping - ANSWER awake with
local
purpose of bilateral mesial temporal depth electrodes - ANSWER to lateralize
hippocampal seizure focus
safest AED for pregnancy - ANSWER Lamictal
bolus of propfol - ANSWER burst suppression
mediation to treat SE - ANSWER Lorazepam
VNS - ANSWER partial seizure
RNS neurostimulator - ANSWER -placed under the scalp
-used as an adjunctive therapy in adults only
-delivers stim when specific patterns are detected
MEG useful for - ANSWER cortical dysplasia
gliomas
tuberous slcerosis
length of suspension of brain activity in WADA - ANSWER 4-8 minutes
effect of WADA on brain activity - ANSWER transient contralateral paralysis
ipsilateral hemispheric dysfunction
what diagnostic test is resulting in fewer WADA tests - ANSWER fMRI
Panayiotopoulos syndrome - ANSWER Occipital Epilepsy with tonic eye deviation, ictal
,vomiting, visual seizures
good prognosis
conceptual age delta brushes appear - ANSWER 30 weeks
neonatal EEG pattern is evaluated based on - ANSWER post-menstrual age (PMA)
surgical treatment for hypothalamic hamartomas - ANSWER Gamma Knife
typical absence-ANSWER myoclonic jerks, automatisms with the staring spell
typical absence common with-ANSWER LGS
treatment for patients with epileptic zones arising from or overlapping with eloquent
cortex-ANSWER multiple subpial transection
post-ictal impairment of function with a discrete region-ANSWER Todd's paralysis
most frequently involved vessel in CVA-ANSWER ICA
treatment for Sturge-Weber-ANSWER hemispherectomy
maximum leakage current when recording from patients with invasive monitoring
electrodes - ANSWER 10 microamp
basal extracranial electrodes for recording mesial temporal or frontal discharges are
placed where - ANSWER near foramen ovale
sphenoidal electrodes monitor activity from - ANSWER anterior temporal area
, subzone of epileptogenic zone that is the gold standard for localization - ANSWER ictal
zone
thrombosis of ACA results in - ANSWER contralateral lower extremity weakness
physiologic substrate of clinical seizure activity - ANSWER abnormal neuronal
discharge
cross communication between blood vessels - ANSWER anastomosis
time base for sensory-motor localization - ANSWER 50msec
depth electrodes are best for monitoring what area - ANSWER hippocampal area
cortical potentials for median nerve SSEP are recorded from - ANSWER ipsilateral
parietal lobe
cortical responses over the primary somatosensory cortex to median nerve SSEPs -
ANSWER negative nearfield
lateralizing sign that occurs contralateral to sz onset - ANSWER extended arm used in
"sign of 4" posture
gold standard for identifying motor cortex - ANSWER direct cortical stimulation
what area is the lowest risk of being affected in a temporal lobectomy performed in the
dominant hemisphere - ANSWER supplementary motor deficits
phase reversal in identifying central sulcus must occur within how long of the original
stim in order to prove phase reversal - ANSWER within 2 msec
what is the appropriate anesthetic regimen for language mapping - ANSWER awake with
local
purpose of bilateral mesial temporal depth electrodes - ANSWER to lateralize
hippocampal seizure focus
