What is the most prominent feature of Dilantin toxicity?
a. postural tremor
b. ataxia
c. weakness
d. behavioral changes - ANSWER ataxia (impaired balance or coordination) (dilantin
aka phenytoin)
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?
a. head circumference
b. psychiatry disorder
c. last seizure
d. cardiac history - ANSWER last seizure
Which of the following should be documented in the history?
a. the patient did not sleep during the recording.
b. the patient is nauseated
c. the patient had dialysis this morning
d. the patient donated blood prior to the EEG - ANSWER patient had dialysis this
morning
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,Which of the following begins with the head and eyes turning to one side?
a. adversive seizure
b. focal sensory
c. myoclonic seizure
d. absence seizure - ANSWER adversive seizure
A patient with a right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion of the left
a. parietal lobe
b. frontal lobe
c. cerebellum
d. superior temporal gyrus - ANSWER frontal lobe (hemiparesis is weakness on one
side of the body. frontal lobe lesions affect motor function)
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?
a. neuropathy
b. last surgery
c. skull defects
d. presence of sleep apnea - ANSWER skull defects
In evaluating abnormal EEG discharges it is most important to document
a. level of consciousness and movements
b. heart rate and blood pressure
c. current medications and dosages
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,d. last meal and handedness - ANSWER level of consciousness and movements
The EEG is most useful in evaluating
a. cerebral trauma
b. brain tumors
c. seizure disorders
d. cerebrovascular disease - ANSWER seizure disorders
This study would be useful for acute head trauma
a. CT
b. xray
c. NCS
d. PET - ANSWER CT
The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG waves or complexes that occur between sei-
zures and are distinguished from the background activity:
a. NCSE (Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus)
b. FIRDA (Frontal Intermittent Rhythmic Delta Activity)
c. IED (Interictal Epileptiform Discharges)
d. GPEDS (Generalized Periodic Epileptiform Discharges) - ANSWER IED (Interictal Epi-
leptiform Discharges)
Which of the following is the most appropriate for determining cerebral dominance?
a. Evoked Potentials
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, b. Computed axial tomography
c. Intracarotid sodium amytal (WADA)
d. EEG - ANSWER Intracarotid sodium amytal (WADA)
Dysarthria
a. impaired speech
b. shortness of breath
c. inability to formulate ideas
d. painful joints - ANSWER impaired speech
Homonymous Hemianopsia
a. loss of the left visual field in one eye
b. loss of peripheral vision
c. loss of the inferior visual field
d. loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes - ANSWER loss of the left or right vis-
ual field in both eyes
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
a. periodic sharp waves
b. polyspike complex
c. spike and wave complex
d. multifocal sharp waves - ANSWER periodic sharp waves
Scotoma
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a. postural tremor
b. ataxia
c. weakness
d. behavioral changes - ANSWER ataxia (impaired balance or coordination) (dilantin
aka phenytoin)
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?
a. head circumference
b. psychiatry disorder
c. last seizure
d. cardiac history - ANSWER last seizure
Which of the following should be documented in the history?
a. the patient did not sleep during the recording.
b. the patient is nauseated
c. the patient had dialysis this morning
d. the patient donated blood prior to the EEG - ANSWER patient had dialysis this
morning
1
,Which of the following begins with the head and eyes turning to one side?
a. adversive seizure
b. focal sensory
c. myoclonic seizure
d. absence seizure - ANSWER adversive seizure
A patient with a right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion of the left
a. parietal lobe
b. frontal lobe
c. cerebellum
d. superior temporal gyrus - ANSWER frontal lobe (hemiparesis is weakness on one
side of the body. frontal lobe lesions affect motor function)
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?
a. neuropathy
b. last surgery
c. skull defects
d. presence of sleep apnea - ANSWER skull defects
In evaluating abnormal EEG discharges it is most important to document
a. level of consciousness and movements
b. heart rate and blood pressure
c. current medications and dosages
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,d. last meal and handedness - ANSWER level of consciousness and movements
The EEG is most useful in evaluating
a. cerebral trauma
b. brain tumors
c. seizure disorders
d. cerebrovascular disease - ANSWER seizure disorders
This study would be useful for acute head trauma
a. CT
b. xray
c. NCS
d. PET - ANSWER CT
The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG waves or complexes that occur between sei-
zures and are distinguished from the background activity:
a. NCSE (Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus)
b. FIRDA (Frontal Intermittent Rhythmic Delta Activity)
c. IED (Interictal Epileptiform Discharges)
d. GPEDS (Generalized Periodic Epileptiform Discharges) - ANSWER IED (Interictal Epi-
leptiform Discharges)
Which of the following is the most appropriate for determining cerebral dominance?
a. Evoked Potentials
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, b. Computed axial tomography
c. Intracarotid sodium amytal (WADA)
d. EEG - ANSWER Intracarotid sodium amytal (WADA)
Dysarthria
a. impaired speech
b. shortness of breath
c. inability to formulate ideas
d. painful joints - ANSWER impaired speech
Homonymous Hemianopsia
a. loss of the left visual field in one eye
b. loss of peripheral vision
c. loss of the inferior visual field
d. loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes - ANSWER loss of the left or right vis-
ual field in both eyes
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
a. periodic sharp waves
b. polyspike complex
c. spike and wave complex
d. multifocal sharp waves - ANSWER periodic sharp waves
Scotoma
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