EEG Flashcards
- Which of the following begins with the head and eyes turning to one side?
Adversive Seizure
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?
a. Psychiatric history
b. Head circumference
c. Last seizure
d. Cardiac history
C. Last Seizure
In evaluating abnormal EEG discharges it is most important to document
a. Current medications and dosages
b. Last meal and handedness
c. Heart rate and blood pressure
d. Level of consciousness and movements
D. Level of consciousness and Movements
A patient with a right hemiparesis most likely has a lesion of the left
a. Cerebellum
b. Superior temporal gyrus
c. Frontal lobe
d. Parietal lobe
C. Frontal Lobe
What is most prominent clinical feature of Dilantin toxicity?
a. Weakness
b. Ataxia
c. Behavior changes
d. Postural tremor
B. Ataxia
Which of the following should be documented in the history?
a. The patient did not sleep during the recording
b. The patient donated blood prior to the EEG
c. The patient had dialysis this morning
d. The patient is nauseated
c. The patient had dialysis this morning
Which is most important to document in the history of your EEG patient?
a. Presence of sleep apnea
b. Last surgery
c. Neuropathy
d. Skull defects
d. Skull defects
- The EEG is MOST useful in evaluating
a. Brain tumors
b. Seizure disorders
c. Cerebral trauma
d. Cerebrovascular disease
b. Seizure disorders
ICTAL EEG
a. Time in between events
b. Time before the event
c. Time during the event
d. Time following an event
c. Time during the event
Which of the following is the most appropriate test for determining cerebral dominance?
a. Evoked Potentials
b. EEG
c. Computerized axial tomography
d. Intracarotid sodium amytal (Wada)
Correct Answer: Intracarotid sodium amytal (Wada).
Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with:
a. Infantile spasms
b. Gelastic seizures
c. Atonic seizures
d. Absence seizures
Correct Answer: Infantile spasms.
The acronym used to describe distinctive EEG waves or complexes that occur between seizures and are distinguished from the background activity:
a. NCSE (Non Conclusive Status Epilepticus)
b. IEDs (Interictal Epileptiform Discharges)
c. GPEDs (Generalized Periodic Epileptiform Discharges)
d. FIRDA (Frontal Intermittent Rhythmic Delta Activity)
Correct Answer: IEDs (Interictal Epileptiform Discharges).
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA
a. Loss of the left visual field in one eye
b. Loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes
c. Loss of the inferior visual field
d. Loss of peripheral vision
Correct Answer: Loss of the left or right visual field in both eyes.
- PROXIMAL
a. Above
b. Near to
c. Far from
d. Below
Correct Answer: Near to
SCOTOMA
a. Retinal inflammation
b. Increase in intraocular pressure
c. Scieral tumor
d. Area of visual loss
Correct Answer: Area of visual loss
DYSARTHRIA
a. Inability to formulate ideas
b. Painful joints
c. Shortness of breath
d. Impaired speech
Correct Answer: Impaired Speech
DIPLOPIA
a. Decreased vision in both eyes
b. Double vision
c. Drooping eyelids
d. Blurred vision
Correct Answer: Double vision
This study would be useful for acute head trauma:
a. CT
b. NCS
c. PET
d. X-ray
Correct Answer: CT
Déjà vu
a. Absence seizures
b. Complex partial seizures
c. Focal motor seizures
d. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures
Correct Answer: Complex partial seizures.
fMRI
a. flouriscopic MRI
b. filtered MRI
c. functional MRI
d. focused MRI
Correct Answer: functional MRI
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE
a. Periodic sharp waves
b. Polyspike complex
c. Multifocal sharp waves
d. Spike and wave complex
Correct Answer: Periodic sharp waves
Vagal nerve stimulators are used to treat
a. Headaches
b. Tumors
c. Seizures and depression
d. Pain syndromes
Correct Answer: Seizures and depression
Treatment for Infantile Spasms:
a. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
b. Acetylcholine (Ach)
c. Phenytoin
d. Lamotrigine
Correct Answer: Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
ACTH
a. Complex partial seizures
b. Infantile spasms
c. Absence seizures
d. Status epilepticus
Correct Answer: Infantile spasms
