BRPT RPSGT Board Prep questions with verified answers
__________ is amplified and filtered Ans✓✓✓ Signal
___________ is best for the diagnosis and ________ is best for the
treatment outcome w/ narcolepsy Ans✓✓✓ MSLT
MWT
____________ decrease unwanted activity Ans✓✓✓ Filters
____________ may need to be increased if the pen blocking continues
or decrease the __________ for an immediate solution Ans✓✓✓
Sensitivity
Gain
_____________ Law: Current= Voltage/ Resistance 1= V/R Ans✓✓✓
Ohm's Law
______________ is drug of choice for narcolepsy Ans✓✓✓
Provigil/Modafinil
_______________ increased until __________ are eliminated, then
__________ is increased until _____________&______________ are
controlled Ans✓✓✓ IPAP & EPAP , Apneas
IPAP , Hypops & Snoring
,_______________ is the most common sleep complaint, impacts ___%
of Americans Ans✓✓✓ Insomnia
30%
__________________ determines the time constants
_________________________ determines the rise time of the wave
_________________________ determines the fall time of the wave
Ans✓✓✓ Filter setting
High frequency filter
Low frequency filter
__________________ will cause elevated or spiked T waves Ans✓✓✓
Hyperkalemia
_______________________ monitoring provides only a semi-
quantitative index of trends in alveolar ventilations, and varies
unpredictably from the PaCO2 typically lagging after the event
Ans✓✓✓ Transcutaneous PCO2
__________________________ is a powerful activating factor in
seizure genesis-cause cortical abnormalities to be enhanced Ans✓✓✓
Sleep deprivation
,____________________________ is the best method to eliminate 60
Hz/ should be eliminated before study begins Ans✓✓✓ Common mode
rejection
___________________________- The horizontal position of the
channels (pens) when the power is turned on 2. Switching the machine
on-off will allow this to be checked. Ans✓✓✓ Electrical Calibration
__________________________- The spacing between all pens with
amplifiers in the off or stand by position. Spacing should be ________
between pens, _____________ positioning. Ans✓✓✓ Mechanical
Baseline Calibrations
Equal
Horizontal
____________May be considered for patients w/nocturnal O2 desats
that aren't controlled w/ CPAP alone Ans✓✓✓ O2 Therapy
< 100μV, 2.5-4.5 Hz rhythmic or arrhythmic activity lasting <3 seconds;
a normal finding in EEGs of children ages 1 to 15 years, especially
prominent ages 5 to 7 years; the amount of intermixed slowing
decreases and its frequency increases with increasing age Ans✓✓✓
Random or semi-rhythmic occipital slowing
, 2 other signifiers of stage REM Ans✓✓✓ Low chin amplitude
Sawtooth waves
2 types of current Ans✓✓✓ AC/DC
2. If some epochs of NREM sleep contain sleep spindles or K complexes,
score those as stage ___. in the remaining NREM epochs, there is no
slow wave activity comprising more than 20% of the
duration of epochs, score as stage ___. Ans✓✓✓ N2
N
2Hz, 125 msec, triphasic morphology, rhythmic waves that are
generalized appear on the scalp with a lag between anterior ad
posterior regions are seen in toxic-metabolic causes of stupor.
Ans✓✓✓ Triphasic waves
3 Roles of DME Ans✓✓✓ Setting the equipment at the prescribed
pressure settings
Train and educate patient use, care, safe operation, and maintenance
Follow up care as necessary
__________ is amplified and filtered Ans✓✓✓ Signal
___________ is best for the diagnosis and ________ is best for the
treatment outcome w/ narcolepsy Ans✓✓✓ MSLT
MWT
____________ decrease unwanted activity Ans✓✓✓ Filters
____________ may need to be increased if the pen blocking continues
or decrease the __________ for an immediate solution Ans✓✓✓
Sensitivity
Gain
_____________ Law: Current= Voltage/ Resistance 1= V/R Ans✓✓✓
Ohm's Law
______________ is drug of choice for narcolepsy Ans✓✓✓
Provigil/Modafinil
_______________ increased until __________ are eliminated, then
__________ is increased until _____________&______________ are
controlled Ans✓✓✓ IPAP & EPAP , Apneas
IPAP , Hypops & Snoring
,_______________ is the most common sleep complaint, impacts ___%
of Americans Ans✓✓✓ Insomnia
30%
__________________ determines the time constants
_________________________ determines the rise time of the wave
_________________________ determines the fall time of the wave
Ans✓✓✓ Filter setting
High frequency filter
Low frequency filter
__________________ will cause elevated or spiked T waves Ans✓✓✓
Hyperkalemia
_______________________ monitoring provides only a semi-
quantitative index of trends in alveolar ventilations, and varies
unpredictably from the PaCO2 typically lagging after the event
Ans✓✓✓ Transcutaneous PCO2
__________________________ is a powerful activating factor in
seizure genesis-cause cortical abnormalities to be enhanced Ans✓✓✓
Sleep deprivation
,____________________________ is the best method to eliminate 60
Hz/ should be eliminated before study begins Ans✓✓✓ Common mode
rejection
___________________________- The horizontal position of the
channels (pens) when the power is turned on 2. Switching the machine
on-off will allow this to be checked. Ans✓✓✓ Electrical Calibration
__________________________- The spacing between all pens with
amplifiers in the off or stand by position. Spacing should be ________
between pens, _____________ positioning. Ans✓✓✓ Mechanical
Baseline Calibrations
Equal
Horizontal
____________May be considered for patients w/nocturnal O2 desats
that aren't controlled w/ CPAP alone Ans✓✓✓ O2 Therapy
< 100μV, 2.5-4.5 Hz rhythmic or arrhythmic activity lasting <3 seconds;
a normal finding in EEGs of children ages 1 to 15 years, especially
prominent ages 5 to 7 years; the amount of intermixed slowing
decreases and its frequency increases with increasing age Ans✓✓✓
Random or semi-rhythmic occipital slowing
, 2 other signifiers of stage REM Ans✓✓✓ Low chin amplitude
Sawtooth waves
2 types of current Ans✓✓✓ AC/DC
2. If some epochs of NREM sleep contain sleep spindles or K complexes,
score those as stage ___. in the remaining NREM epochs, there is no
slow wave activity comprising more than 20% of the
duration of epochs, score as stage ___. Ans✓✓✓ N2
N
2Hz, 125 msec, triphasic morphology, rhythmic waves that are
generalized appear on the scalp with a lag between anterior ad
posterior regions are seen in toxic-metabolic causes of stupor.
Ans✓✓✓ Triphasic waves
3 Roles of DME Ans✓✓✓ Setting the equipment at the prescribed
pressure settings
Train and educate patient use, care, safe operation, and maintenance
Follow up care as necessary
