CLTM Exam Prep with Questions and Answers

CLTM Exam Prep with Questions and Answers A rare chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease usually affecting only one hemisphere of the brain characterized by frequent and severe seizures, loss of motor and speech as well as a hemiparesis and mental deterioration. Onset is common in childhood and rare in adolescents and adults: a. Todd's Paralysis b. Shy-Drager Syndrome c. Rassmussen's Encephalitis d. Reyes Syndrome ANSWER c. Rassmussen's Encephalitis "Episodic low amplitude events" or periods of attenuation seen in patients who are acutely ill from medical events or status epilepticus _____________. a. Are insignificant and have no bearing on patient outcomes b. Are an indication of a good prognosis c. Are simply part of a burst-suppression pattern when the technologists has missed the burst d. Are a recognizable pattern and may serve as a marker for a moderately poor prognosis ANSWER d. Are a recognizable pattern and may serve as a marker for a moderately poor prognosis Port wine stain is associated with: a. Herpes simplex encephalitis b. Sturge-Weber syndrome c. Retinitis Pigmentosa d. Epstein's Syndrome ANSWER b. Sturge-Weber syndrome