ABRET Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is most useful when determining localization and polarity? a. activation b. montage c. frequency d. amplitude correct answers montage Negative polarity a. triphasic waves b. lambda c. alpha rhythm d. POSTS correct answers alpha rhythm Positive polarity a. PLEDs b. Mu rhythm c. Lambda d. vertex sharp wave correct answers Lambda The polarity convention for EEG states that the deflection is up if: a. input 2 is more negative than input 1 b. input 1 is more negat...

What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? correct answers Why, When, Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? correct answers Full Term, Gestational, conceptual, chronological age In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to comatose pts? correct answers Onset of unresponsiveness, cause, response to stimuli In regards to pt history, w...

Calibration is required a. at the start of the recording b. at the end of the recording c. at the start and end of the recording d. only when Sensitivity changes are made during the recording correct answers c. at the start and end of the recording Duration is measured in a. Hertz b. Millimeters c. Microvolts d. Milliseconds correct answers d. Milliseconds If the duration of a wave is .2 seconds the frequency would be? a. 1 Hz b. 2 Hz c. 5 Hz d. 10 Hz correct answers c. 5 Hz ...

cruezfeldt jakob disease correct answers -prion diseases, inherited or occur spontaneously or when in contact with disease -periodic sharp waves deja vu correct answers focal seizures CT correct answers this study would be useful for acute head trauma fMRI correct answers functional MRI SCOTOMA correct answers area of visual loss ICTAL EEG correct answers time during the event Hypsarrhythmia is a pattern most often associated with correct answers infantile spasms Used to lo...

P100 of VEP is usually highest amplitude in montage correct answers MO-FZ Common mode rejection should be at least correct answers 10,000:1 How does limb temp affect peripheral conduction correct answers Decreases conduction velocity Which of the following is a common check size for pattern-reversal EP testing? correct answers 30 minutes What is the most characteristic of subdermal electrodes correct answers More susceptible to noise due to high impedances Voltage is 400 volts and...

Beta coma most commonly results from a. hepatic encephalopathy b. hypoglycemia c. drug overdose d. anoxic insult correct answers drug overdose Skull defect a. diffuse slowing b. periodic complexes c. breach rhythm d. alpha squeak correct answers breach rhythm Hypothalamic hamartoma a. myoclonic seizure b. reflex seizure c. gelastic seizure d. absence seizure correct answers gelastic seizure (tumor that causes gelastic seizures) During which of the following types of se...

In the International 10-20 electrode placements, C6 is located on which side of the head a. right b. posterior c. anterior d. left correct answers right Using the 10-20 electrode placements, if the distance from FP2 to F4 is 5.5 cm, what is the distance between P4 to O2? a. 11.0 cm b. 5.5 cm c. 7.5 cm d. 2.5 cm correct answers 5.5 cm If the measurement between preauricular point and T3 is 3.2 cm, what is the distance between C3 and Cz? a. 12.8 cm b. 6.0 cm c. 6.4 cm d. 3....

Which of the following medications would be expected to increase beta frequency activity? a. Imitrex (sumatriptan) b. Xanax (alprazolam) c. Paxil (paroxetine) d. Topamax (topiramate) correct answers Xanax (alprazolam) Which of the following drugs exhibits the most observable effect on the electroencephalogram? a. Analgesics b. Anticoagulants c. Benzodiazepines d. Diuretics correct answers Benzodiazepines Triphasic waves and/or periodic discharges can be present on an EEG due to...

Rolandic Spikes correct answers what type of spikes are seen most often in children 5-6 Hz correct answers by year one what should the dominant background rhythm be 5 Hz correct answers what should the PDR of a awake 5 month old infant be ORIDA correct answers what encephalopathic EEG pattern is most commonly associated with children Benign Rolandic Epilepsy correct answers onset of between 3 and 13 years begins with sensorimotor manifestations on one side of the face and mouth Uni...

AGNOSIA correct answers the inability to recognize familiar objects. APRAXIA correct answers DIFFICULTY WITH MOTOR PLANNING TO PERFORM TASKS OR MOVEMENTS (YOUR BRAIN KNOWS BUT IT CANT CARRY OUT) HOW OFTEN DOES OSHA CHECK LEAKAGE OF CURRENT correct answers SEMIANNUALLY WHAT KIND OF SEIZURE BEGINS WITH THE HEAD AND EYES TURNING TO ONE SIDE correct answers ADVERSIVE SEIZURE WHAT DYSFUNCTION IS INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF UNILATERAL BABINSKI SIGNS correct answers PYRAMIDAL TRACT DYSFUNC...