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EEG Boards Flashcards

1
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What additional electrodes could be placed to help decipher between artifact and cortical activity in this sample?

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EOG electrodes

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Brain Abcess

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Focal polymorphic delta activity.

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3
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Which of the following extra electrodes might best demonstrate the EEG activity associated with focal motor twitching of the right corner of the mouth?

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C5

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An abbreviated 10-20 placement, respiration, ECG and EOG monitors should be used when recording…

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Neonates

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5
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Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record activity from the …

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Anterior temporal lobes

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Why is it not best practice to allow an outpatient to sleep throughout the entire EEG recording?

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Unable to evaluate the patient’s background rhythm.

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7
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Cortical EEG recordings can be obscured in patients who are tense and anxious due to …

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Myogenic Artifact

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8
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What type of monitoring would be useful in an EEG patient experiencing syncope?

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ECG

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9
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What additional monitoring should be done in a middle age patient who repeatedly alerts from sleep during the EEG?

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Respiration

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10
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Which of the following is important for the technologist to document in order to aid in interpretations?

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The patient was awake and alert during the recording

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11
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A slow wave focus is best seen with…

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LF 0.3 Hz, paper speed 15 mm/sec

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12
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A waveform of 0.5 Hz can be best enhanced with a filter of

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LF 0.3 Hz

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13
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Which combination of settings will help enhance a low voltage slow wave that is being masked by muscle activity?

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Sensitivity 5; LF .3; HF 35

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14
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Referential recording is most appropriate for measuring

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Voltage

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15
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Fourteen and six Hz positive spike are best recorded with

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The contralateral ear reference

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16
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Which of the following is the most appropriate instrumentation setting change that should be made in order to enhance cortical slowing?

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Change the LFF from 1 Hz to .1 Hz

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17
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When attempting to minimize relentless muscle artifact on a recording, the technologist should be aware that lowering the high filter could cause the artifact to resemble:

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beta activity

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18
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When using the average reference, if a spike-and-wave focus appears at C3, the abnormality would be best enhanced by…

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Excluding C3 and surrounding electrodes from reference.

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19
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To enhance the background alpha and beta asymmetry in an EEG record showing moderately high voltage delta activity, the technologist should use a…

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shorter time constant and increased sensitivity

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20
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Of the following, the BEST choice of reference to be used when recording in suspected temporal lobe epilepsy is:

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CZ

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21
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Which of the following sites is most commonly used for the ground electrode in EEG?

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FPZ

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22
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Gradual changes in amplitude, frequency, or spatial distribution of rhythms is know as:

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Evolution

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23
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What happens when a 60 cycle sine wave is sampled at 100 hertz?

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Aliasing

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24
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If the Low Frequency Filter is changed from 1 Hz to 5 Hz, how will a 2 Hz slow wave be affected?

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It will be significantly attenuated

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25
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Which of the following is not useful in digital EEG recordings?

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bio calibration

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26
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Digital EEG montages are reformatted by using

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System reference

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27
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EEG amplifiers work on the principle of

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both differential and amplification

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28
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Which of the following instruments magnifies the common-mode voltage difference between two inputs?

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Differential Amplifier

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29
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The 60 Hz notch filter will have the greatest effect on a waveform having a duration of

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16 msec

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30
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Clipping of the waveforms occurs when:

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the signal is outside the range of the digitizer

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31
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According to the Guidelines, how many bits of resolution is required?

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16

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32
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A LFF setting of 5 Hz will attenuate a 5 Hz wave by approximately:

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0.3

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33
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The sharpness of the frequency response curve is determined by the filter

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rolloff

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34
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Time Constant

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Low Frequency Filter (LFF)

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35
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The ability of an amplifier to reject like signals.

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Common mode rejection

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36
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Doubling the inter-electrode distances will have what effect on the waveforms?

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Increase amplitude

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37
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Which of the following is not useful in digital EEG recordings?

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bio calibration

38
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Vertical Resolution

39
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Which of the following converts an analog signal into a series of digital binary numbers?

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A/D converter

40
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Digital EEG montages are reformatted by using

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system reference

41
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Frequency

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Influenced by sampling rate and measured in hertz

42
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For low frequency filters (LFFs), the corresponding time constants for LFF cutoff frequency of 3 Hz would be

43
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Which of the following is the most appropriate sampling rate that should be used for a HFF setting of 70 Hz., according to ACNS 2016 Guidelines?

44
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The amount by which the differential amplifier increases the magnitude of the input signal is its

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Sensitivity

45
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Which of the following is the most appropriate sampling rate that should be used for a HFF setting of 70 Hz., according to Nyquist theory?

46
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Which of the following instruments magnifies the common-mode boltage difference between two inputs?

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Differential Amplifier

47
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In a differential amplifier, if input 1 received a voltage of +50 microvolts and input 2 a voltage of -100 microvolts, the output voltage and deflection would be approximately

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150 downward

48
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High data sampling rates in a digital EEG machine create

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Smooth, connected lines

49
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Which mathematically converts the time function into a sine wave of different frequencies?

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Fast Fourier Transform

50
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Long Time Constant

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LFF of .1 Hz

51
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Term used to describe the way a signal is sampled at intervals and assined a numberic value:

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Sampling Rate

52
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Which of the following principles best applies to the EEG amplifiers?

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Common mode rejection

53
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Common Mode Rejection

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Differential amplifier

54
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Wigh high frequency filtering, muscle artifact may become distorted and look like

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beta activity

55
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If the Low Frequency Filter is changed from 1 Hz to 5 Hz, how will a 2 Hz slow wave be affected?

A

It will be significantly attenuated

56
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What percentage of actual amplitude will be visible of 15 Hz wave when using a HFF setting of 15 Hz?

57
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Which of the following settings is most sensitive?

58
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Clipping of the waveforms occurs when:

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The signal is outside the range of the digitizer

59
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Which of the following time constants would best display delta activity?

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1.0 second

60
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Which of the following most closely relates to the ratio of an amplifiers output to input signal?

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System Gain

61
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Increasing the number of seconds displayed on the monitor

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does not change spike amplitude or duration

62
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A 0.5 Hz wave is enhanced without affecting a spike by using

63
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Gradual changes in amplitude, frequency, or spatial distribution of rhythms is know as:

64
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The waveforms contain frequencies as high as 100 hertz. What is the Nyquist sampling rate?

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> 200 samples/second

65
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Signals common to both inputs of a differential amplifier with like frequency, amplitude and phase are:

66
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Input impedance shoud be

67
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What happens when a 60 cycle sine wave is sampled at 100 hertz?

68
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EEG amplifiers work on the principles of

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both differential and amplification

69
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2016 ACNS guidelines recommends a CMRR of at least:

70
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What is the specification of the minimum sampling rate used, in relation to the highest frequency signal recorded?

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Nyquist theory

71
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A time constant of 0.5 sec

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High Pass Filter 0.3 Hz

72
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All of the following fators favor cancellation of signals in the two inputs of an amplifier, except

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unequal impedances in the inputs

73
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Frequency Response Curve

74
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Low sampling rate may cause fast frequencies to appear slower.

75
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A 0.3 Hz wave would be attenuated by what percentage with a 0.3 Hz filter?

76
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The 60 Hz notch filter will have thegreatest effect on a waveform having a duration of

77
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Undersampling

78
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A device that alters the amplitude of specific frequencies of a signal:

79
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Which of the following insturmentation setting change may result in the elimination of cortical spikes?

A

Change the HFF from 70 Hz to 15 Hz

80
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Voltage Resolution

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Analog-to-digital converter

81
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2016 ACNS Guidelines recommends a minimum horizontal resolution of:

82
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Which of the following medications would be expected to increase beta frequency activity?

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Xanax (alprazolam)

83
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What is the most common cause of genralized beta?

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medications

84
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Which of the following drugs exhibits the most observable effect on the electroencephalogram?

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Benzodiazepines

85
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A 25 year old female admitted with new onset psychosis was given 3 mg of Ativan prior to EEG recording. How would this medication affect the EEG?

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Increased beta activity

86
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Excessive beta frequency activity may be the result of which of the following?

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Drug effect

87
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At the therapeutic levels, phenytoin causes what kind of EEG findings?

88
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Phenobarbital

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Beta Activity

89
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ORDA is commonly seen in children with

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Absence Seizures

90
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Bilateral anterior beta activity is MOST likely to occur with

91
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Triphasic waves and/or periodic discharges can be present on an EEG due to the toxic effects of which of the following medication?

92
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What is the most prominent clinical feature of Dilantin toxicity?

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