CLINICAL/NON-CLINICAL EEG (GRADED A+)
Beta coma most commonly results from
a. hepatic encephalopathy
b. hypoglycemia
c. drug overdose
d. anoxic insult - drug overdose
Skull defect
a. diffuse slowing
b. periodic complexes
c. breach rhythm
d. alpha squeak - breach rhythm
Hypothalamic hamartoma
a. myoclonic seizure
b. reflex seizure
c. gelastic seizure
d. absence seizure - gelastic seizure (tumor that causes gelastic seizures)
During which of the following types of seizures would a patient be likely to
experience deja vu?
a. atonic
b. complex partial
c. generalized non convulsive
d. myoclonic - complex partial
An electrographic seizure is characterized by
a. irregular polymorphic delta
b. single bifrontal spike and wave
c. episodic rhythmic activity
d. intermittent temporal spike - episodic rhythmic activity
What is the term that describes failure of the alpha rhythm to attenuate with eye
opening?
a. modulation resistance
b. my persistence
, c. Bancaud's phenomenon
d. alpha imbalance - Bancaud's phenomenon
Alpha coma
a. headache
b. cardiopulmonary arrest
c. post traumatic stress disorder
d. stroke - cardiopulmonary arrest (cardiac arrest)
Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges are found most commonly in the EEGs of
patients with
a. multiple sclerosis
b. acute cerebral infarct
c. brain stem tumors
d. cephalgia - acute cerebral infarct
Delta bursts that reappear 3 to 5 minutes after cessation of HV is a common feature
in which of the following diseases?
a. Parkinson's disease
b. Alzheimer's disease
c. Acid Lipase disease
d. Moyamoya disease - Moyamoya disease
Which neurologic syndrome may be associated with focal epilepsy?
a. Tolosa Hunt syndrome
b. Lamber-Easton syndrome
c. Tuberous sclerosis complex
d. Guillian-Barre syndrome - Tuberous sclerosis complex
In patients with myoclonic epilepsy of Janz, seizures are most likely to occur:
a. during exercise
b. in the evening
c. after a meal
d. early in the morning - early in the morning
Anoxic encephalopathy
a. SREDA
b. OIRDA
c. BIPLEDs
d. POSTS - BIPLEDs