QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
In children, what % of seizures were detected within the first hour? 24 hours?
a. 70% and 10%
b. 30% and 90%
c. 50% and 80%
d. 30% and 90% - ✔✔c. 50% and 80%
Hypoglycemia:
a. elevated blood calcium
b. causes increase in background alpha frequencies in EEG
c. low blood sugar
d. elevated blood sugar
e. low blood calcium - ✔✔c. low blood sugar
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,Number of distinct neurological diseases:
a. more than 8,000
b. over 1,400
c. less than 700
d. precisely 386
e. fewer than 100 - ✔✔b. over 1,400
Why is observation of the patients in LTM so important?
a. Without clinical observations it is not possible to identify epileptiform activity from
artifactual activity
b. The safety goal of observation is to prevent the morbidity and mortality related to
untreated status epilepticus, cardiac arrest, and or respiratory arrest and falls and to
ensure the recording and clinical examination of every event
c. Health insurance restrictions regarding payment
d. To be able to show the patient their clinical manifestations - ✔✔b. The safety goal of
observation is to prevent the morbidity and mortality related to untreated status
epilepticus, cardiac arrest, and or respiratory arrest and falls and to ensure the
recording and clinical examination of every event
1 to 2.4 Hz generalized spike and wave is the characteristic pattern of:
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, a. Alzheimer's Disease
b. LGS
c. PLEDs
d. Huntington's Chorea - ✔✔b. LGS
A seizure characterized by a stare with no post-ictal confusion is an:
a. Myoclonic seizure
b. Absence seizure
c. Atonic seizure
d. Infantile spasm - ✔✔B. Absence seizure
FIRDA is seen in:
a. children
b. adults
c. preterm infants
d. full term infants - ✔✔b. adults
_______________ is characterized by multiple seizure types that are difficult to control,
especially atonic seizures and atypical absences, in addition to generalized convulsion,
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