EEG board prep Questions and Correct
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What would diazepam show an on an EEG? - correct answer -bilateral
anterior beta activity
What is the most common caused of generalized beta in an EEG -
correct answer -medication
What is a common medication that causes beta? - correct answer -
phenobarbital
What common seizure med does not causes any changes in the EEG
when given? - correct answer -phenytoin (Dilantin)
In a deepening coma, do triphasic waves gradually disappear or
gradually become more frequent? - correct answer -gradually disappear
,Clinical semiology is a way to describe: - correct answer -Behaviors
during patient events
A normal awake 30 year old adult could most likely have what pattern in
the occipital channels? - correct answer -LAMBDA
Sleep stages in a newborn are characterized by : - correct answer -rapid
onset active sleep
Temperal theta bursts are commonly seen in neonates at what age? -
correct answer -24-28 weeks
What common abnormal pattern would you see in a patient with
Hypoxia? - correct answer -BiPLEDS
disorganized, continuous high voltage slow waves with interspersed
multifocal spike and wave describes which EEG pattern? - correct
answer -hypsarrhythmia
,Which artery supplies blood to the visual cortex? - correct answer -
posterior cerebral artery
At what age do BETS peak? - correct answer -30-60 years
What percent of seizures are temporal lobe seizures? - correct answer -
60%
A patient with chronic alcoholism would show what on an EEG? -
correct answer -low amplitude and decreased alpha
A meningioma is usually: - correct answer -encapsulated
, Which pattern includes high voltage theta/delta, accentuated by HV,
and is seen in children 8-14 years? - correct answer -posterior slow
waves of youth
Which disease includes high amplitude spikes in occipitals time locked
with photic in young children? - correct answer -battens disease
What pattern is associated with cardiac arrest? - correct answer -alpha
coma
What pattern is associated with drug overdose? - correct answer -beta
coma
What disorder is associated with electrical status epilepticus of sleep? -
correct answer -Landau-Kleffner
What activity would you see in an anxious patient? - correct answer -
Very low voltage
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New Version!!!
What would diazepam show an on an EEG? - correct answer -bilateral
anterior beta activity
What is the most common caused of generalized beta in an EEG -
correct answer -medication
What is a common medication that causes beta? - correct answer -
phenobarbital
What common seizure med does not causes any changes in the EEG
when given? - correct answer -phenytoin (Dilantin)
In a deepening coma, do triphasic waves gradually disappear or
gradually become more frequent? - correct answer -gradually disappear
,Clinical semiology is a way to describe: - correct answer -Behaviors
during patient events
A normal awake 30 year old adult could most likely have what pattern in
the occipital channels? - correct answer -LAMBDA
Sleep stages in a newborn are characterized by : - correct answer -rapid
onset active sleep
Temperal theta bursts are commonly seen in neonates at what age? -
correct answer -24-28 weeks
What common abnormal pattern would you see in a patient with
Hypoxia? - correct answer -BiPLEDS
disorganized, continuous high voltage slow waves with interspersed
multifocal spike and wave describes which EEG pattern? - correct
answer -hypsarrhythmia
,Which artery supplies blood to the visual cortex? - correct answer -
posterior cerebral artery
At what age do BETS peak? - correct answer -30-60 years
What percent of seizures are temporal lobe seizures? - correct answer -
60%
A patient with chronic alcoholism would show what on an EEG? -
correct answer -low amplitude and decreased alpha
A meningioma is usually: - correct answer -encapsulated
, Which pattern includes high voltage theta/delta, accentuated by HV,
and is seen in children 8-14 years? - correct answer -posterior slow
waves of youth
Which disease includes high amplitude spikes in occipitals time locked
with photic in young children? - correct answer -battens disease
What pattern is associated with cardiac arrest? - correct answer -alpha
coma
What pattern is associated with drug overdose? - correct answer -beta
coma
What disorder is associated with electrical status epilepticus of sleep? -
correct answer -Landau-Kleffner
What activity would you see in an anxious patient? - correct answer -
Very low voltage
