II-B. Monitoring techniques

Question 1

What additional electrodes could be placed to help decipher between artifact and cortical activity in this sample?
A) Respiration transducer
B) EMG electrodes
C) Sphenoidal electrodes
D) EOG electrodes

Answer 1

EOG electrodes

Question 2

BRAIN ABSCESS
A) Diffuse slowing
B) Burst suppression
C) ECI
D) Focal polymorphic delta activity

Answer 2

Focal polymorphic delta activity

Question 3

Cortical EEG recordings can be obscured in patients who are tense and anxious due to
A) Myogenic artifact
B) Generalized spike wave
C) Multifocal spikes
D) Delta slowing

Answer 3

Myogenic artifact

Question 4

Sphenoidal electrodes are used to record activity from the
A) basal ganglia
B) brain stem
C) mesial frontal lobes
D) anterior temporal lobes

Answer 4

anterior temporal lobes.

Question 5

Which of the following extra electrodes might best demonstrated the EEG activity associated with focal motor twitching of the right corner of the mouth?
A) P5
B) C1
C) FT9 (T1)
D) C5

Answer 5

C5 (contralateral and near motor strip)

Question 6

What type of monitoring would be useful in an EEG patient experiencing syncope?
A) movement transducer
B) ECG
C) EOG
D) respiration transducer

Answer 6

ECG

Question 7

An abbreviated 10-20 placement, respiration, ECG and EOG monitors should be used when recording
A) Elderly patients
B) Toddlers
C) ICU patients
D) Neonates

Answer 7

Neonates

Question 8

Why is it not best practice to allow an outpatient to sleep throughout the entire EEG recording?
A) Unable to address artifacts
B) Sleep is only important when evaluating seizure activity
C) Unable to evaluate the patient’s background rhythm
D) Sleep is of no value in a routine EEG

Answer 8

Unable to evaluate the patient’s background rhythm

Question 9

What additional monitoring should be done in a middle age patient who repeatedly alerts from sleep during the EEG?
A) Respiration
B) Movement
C) Muscle tone
D) Eye movemement

Answer 9

Respiration