cLTM pack Board Prep| 444 Questions| With Complete Solutions

The drug used in wada testing is known to lay persons as "truth serum" correct answer: True Respiration, pulse, EKG, muscle activity, tremors, eye mvmts, and nystagmus are considered correct answer: useful physiological artifacts Artifacts in the ICU/c EEG recording include correct answer: Oscillating bed artifact, facial twitching that mimics szs, respiratory artifact, rhythmic chest percussions In the bipole of the correct answer: the cornea is positive with respect to the retina Lack of acceptable sz control despite adequate trials of appropriate drugs at doses or levels that produce no side effects or acceptable side affects are known as correct answer: refractory (intractable) epilepsy From the standpoint of the technologist and interpreting neurologist, an artifact is any recorded signal not originating from the brain correct answer: true What makes up the characteristic triad of childhood absence epilepsy correct answer: normal intelligence and development, bilateral synchronous symmetrical 3 hz spike and wave discharges with normal background EEG, very frequent brief sz Who is in charge of keeping the pt in camera at all times correct answer: LTM tech technologist documentation should include correct answer: skin breakdowns, LOC, medication changes hour to hour Idiopathic describes cases of epilepsy where the cause is unknown but lesion and distinct pathogenesis are presumed correct answer: true Medication effects seen after injection with Amytal for wada testing are correct answer: ipsilateral delta and some contralateral frontal delta cEEG are used for correct answer: management of burst-suppression in anesthetic coma, assessment of level of sedation and following trends, detection of ischemia and prognostication, fluctuation or alteration of mental status, evaluation of brain injury w/ AMS, detection of subclinical szs and characterization of spells A distinctive, high voltage interictal EEG pattern associated with infants with West syndrome is called correct answer: