5.1 Seizure/Epilepsy

Question 0

What induces an Absence seizure

Answer 0

Hyperventilation

Question 1

What are four contributing factors to generalized tonic clonic seizures?

Answer 1

Inborn/genetic
drug intoxication
Withdrawal
metabolic abnormalities

Question 2

What are three types of less common generalized seizures usually with childhood onset

Answer 2

Myoclonic
atonic
tonic

Question 3

What type of seizure presents with no focal abnormality on the EEG

Answer 3

Generalized

Question 4

What type of seizure presents with stereotyped behavior

Answer 4

Partial/focal seizures

Question 5

What type of seizure is an EEG diagnostic for?

Answer 5

Absence seizure

Question 6

What are the three types of metabolic screens that should be run to diagnose seizures?

Answer 6

Low Sodium, glucose, calcium

Question 7

What type of EEG wave does an absence seizure produce?

Answer 7

Three spikes/waves per second

Question 8

What is the difference between a simple partial seizure and a complex partial seizure?

Answer 8

A simple partial seizure occurs without alteration in the patient’s state of awareness whereas a complex partial seizure has an alteration of patient’s state of awareness.

Question 9

If a patient with seizures presents with déjà vu where can the lesion be localized to?

Answer 9

Temporal lobe