Questions and CORRECT Answers
safest AED for pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER - Lamictal
bolus of propfol - CORRECT ANSWER - burst suppression
mediation to treat SE - CORRECT ANSWER - Lorazepam
VNS - CORRECT ANSWER - partial seizure
RNS neurostimulator - CORRECT ANSWER - -placed under the scalp
-used as an adjunctive therapy in adults only
-delivers stim when specific patterns are detected
MEG useful for - CORRECT ANSWER - cortical dysplasia
gliomas
tuberous slcerosis
length of suspension of brain activity in WADA - CORRECT ANSWER - 4-8 minutes
effect of WADA on brain activity - CORRECT ANSWER - transient contralateral paralysis
ipsilateral hemispheric dysfunction
what diagnostic test is resulting in fewer WADA tests - CORRECT ANSWER - fMRI
Panayiotopoulos syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - Occipital Epilepsy with tonic eye
deviation, ictal vomiting, visual seizures
,good prognosis
conceptual age delta brushes appear - CORRECT ANSWER - 30 weeks
neonatal EEG pattern is evaluated based on - CORRECT ANSWER - post-menstrual age
(PMA)
surgical treatment for hypothalamic hamartomas - CORRECT ANSWER - Gamma Knife
atypical absence - CORRECT ANSWER - myoclonic jerks, automatisms with the staring
spell
atypical absence common with - CORRECT ANSWER - LGS
treatment for patients with epileptic zones arising from or overlapping with eloquent cortex -
CORRECT ANSWER - multiple subpial transection
post-ictal impairment of function with a discrete region - CORRECT ANSWER - Todd's
paralysis
most frequently involved vessel in CVA - CORRECT ANSWER - ICA
treatment for Sturge-Weber - CORRECT ANSWER - hemispherectomy
max leakage current when recording from patients with invasive monitoring electrodes -
CORRECT ANSWER - 10 microamp
basal extracranial electrodes for recording mesial temporal or frontal discharges are placed where
- CORRECT ANSWER - near foramen ovale
, sphenoidal electrodes monitor activity from - CORRECT ANSWER - anterior temporal
area
subzone of epileptogenic zone that is the gold standard for localization - CORRECT
ANSWER - ictal zone
thrombosis of ACA results in - CORRECT ANSWER - contralateral lower extremity
weakness
physiologic substrate of clinical seizure activity - CORRECT ANSWER - abnormal
neuronal discharge
cross communication between blood vessels - CORRECT ANSWER - anastomosis
time base for sensory-motor localization - CORRECT ANSWER - 50msec
depth electrodes are best for monitoring what area - CORRECT ANSWER - hippocampal
area
cortical potentials for median nerve SSEP are recorded from - CORRECT ANSWER -
ipsilateral parietal lobe
cortical responses over the primary somatosensory cortex to median nerve SSEPs - CORRECT
ANSWER - negative nearfield
lateralizing sign that occurs contralateral to sz onset - CORRECT ANSWER - extended
arm used in "sign of 4" posture