ALL ANSWERS CORRECTLY
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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
atypical absence - Answer--myoclonic jerks, automatisms with the staring spell
atypical 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
max 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