ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL) BOARD EXAM| CLTM
ASAP BOARD PREP EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Stimulation assessment should be made on patients monitored in the ICU
a) Daily
b) Never
c) If the patient seems confused
d) Only when the patient is awake --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Daily
The greatest utility of cEEG is in the ICU patients with:
a) Unexplained "spells" such as variation in vital signs or twitching
b) Peripheral system deficits
c) Known PNES
d) Recent cardiac event --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Unexplained "spells" such as variation
in vital signs or twitching
The goal of cortical stimulation during functional mapping is to:
a) Cause after discharge (ADs)
b) Provoke epileptic seizures
c) Identify eloquent cortex
d) Prevent Schwann cell damage --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Identify eloquent cortex
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,WADA
a) Language function
b) Epileptic field
c) Epileptic focus
d) Visual function --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Language function
As part of the presurgical work-up, this magnetic source localization is used for spatial and
temporal functional mapping of interictal epileptiform discharges
a) fMRI
b) WADA
c) MEG
d) PET --CORRECT ANSWER--C. MEG
The majority of seizures in the ICU are:
a) Complex partial
b) Absence
c) Nonconvulsive
d) Non-epileptic --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Nonconvulsive
TLE accounts for % of all patients with epilepsy?4
a) 40
b) 60
c) 20
d) 80 --CORRECT ANSWER--B. 60
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,Expressive speech
a) Sensory area
b) Wernicke's area
c) Broca's area
d) Olfactory area --CORRECT ANSWER--C. Broca's area
The safest AED for pregnant women:
a) Lamictal
b) Phenotion
c)Depakote
d) Topamax --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Lamictal
What type of resection is associated with mesial temporal sclerosis?
a) Craniotomy
b) Corpus callostomy
c) Suboccipital resection
d) Temporal lobectomy --CORRECT ANSWER--D. Temporal Lobectomy
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with
a) Infantile spasms
b) Gelastic seizures
c) Atonic seizures
d) Absence seizures --CORRECT ANSWER--A. Infantile spasms
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, Which of the following medications is appropriate for treating status epilepticus?
a) Gabapentin
b) Lorazepam
c) Pregabalin
d) Ethosuximide --CORRECT ANSWER--B. Lorazepam
Vagus nerve stimulators are approved for use in patients with
a) Rolandic seizures
b) Psychogenic seizures
c) Generalized seizures
d) Partial seizures --CORRECT ANSWER--D. Partial seizures
Bolus of propofol will cause
a) Beta activity
b) No changes
c) Generalized slowing
d) Burst suppression --CORRECT ANSWER--D. Burst suppression
Ketogenic diet
a) High fat, low carbohydrates, adequate protein
b) Vegetarian
c) Low fat, high carbohydrates, high protein
d) Low fat, low carbohydrates, low protein --CORRECT ANSWER--A. High fat, low
carbohydrates, adequate protein
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