CLTM Exam Complete Questions and Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)

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CLTM Exam Complete Questions and Correct Detailed Answers
(Verified Answers)
In what ways can seizures be classified?


Ans: Clinical and electrographic features



What is the incidence of new-onset seizures?


Ans: Approximately 80 per 100,000 per year



What euphemism has been frequently employed to avoid the term epilepsy?


Ans: Seizure disorder



What is a simple partial seizure?


Ans: 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?


Ans: Consciousness is altered or lost; the ability to pay attention or respond to
questions or commands is thus impaired or lost.



What is a secondarily generalized seizure?




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Ans: Partial onset seizures may progress to secondarily generalized seizures
ultimately involve motor activity on both sides of the body and can be difficult to
distinguish from primary generalized seizures.



What type of onset is a tonic-clonic seizure?


Ans: Generalized or Unknown



What type of seizure onset do automatisms occur with?


Ans: Focal onset w/ motor onset



What type of onset do Atonic seizures have?


Ans: Focal or generalized



What type of onset to clonic seizures have?


Ans: Focal or generalized



What type of onset do epileptic spasms have?


Ans: Focal, generalized, or unknown



What type of onset do hyperkinetic seizures have?


Ans: Focal




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What type of onset do myoclonic seizures have?


Ans: Focal or generalized



What type of onset do Tonic seizures have?


Ans: Focal or generalized



What type of onset do autonomic seizures have?


Ans: Focal



What type of onset do behavior arrest seizures have?


Ans: Focal or Unknown



What type of onset do Cognitive seizures have?


Ans: Focal



What type of onset do Emotional seizures have?


Ans: Focal



What type of onset do sensory seizures have?


Ans: Focal




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What type of onset do Tonic-Clonic seizures have?


Ans: Generalized or Unknown



What type of onset do Myoclonic-tonic-clonic seizures have?


Ans: Generalized



What type of onset do Myoclonic-atonic seizures have?


Ans: Generalized



What type of onset do Typical Absence seizures have?


Ans: Generalized



What type of onset do Atypical Absence seizures have?


Ans: Generalized



What type of onset do Eyelid myoclonia seizures have?


Ans: Generalized



What are complex partial seizures associated with?


Ans: Loss of consciousness




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