WHAT ARE NEURO CUTANEOUS SYNDROMES - DISORDERS THAT AFFECT THE BRAIN,
SPINAL CORD, ORGANS, SKIN, AND BONES. THE DISEASES ARE LIFELONG
CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE TUMORS TO GROW IN THESE AREAS. THEY CAN ALSO
CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS HEARING LOSS, SEIZURES, AND DEVELOPMENTAL
PROBLEMS.
A LARGE LESION AT THE OPTIC CHIASM CAUSES WHAT - COMPLETE VISUAL LOSS
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA - LOSS OF THE LEFT OR RIGHT VISUAL FIELD IN BOTH
EYES
USED TO TREAT INFANTILE SPASMS - ACTH (ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE)
, MAY BE INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID -
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BLOOD VESSELS IS MOST FREQUENTLY INVOLVED IN
STROKES - MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY
USED IN TREATMENT OF GTC SEIZURES AND COMMONLY IN ABSENCE EPILEPSY
TREATMENT - ETHOSUXIMIDE
WHCIH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED IN THE HISTORY - PATIENT
HAD DIALYSIS THIS MORNING
WHICH KIND OF TUMOR IS LEAST LIKELY TO CAUSE EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY IN EEG
- PITUITARY ADENOMA
IN THE EEG LABORATORY THE MAJOR CONCERN FOR TRANSMISSION ON INFECTION
IS THROUGH - BLOOD
IN EVALUATING ABNORMAL EEG DISCHARGES IT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO
DOCUMENT - LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND MOVEMENTS
PROXIMAL VS DISTAL - PROXIMAL IS NEAR TO AND DISTAL IS FAR
IMPEDANCE CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS - RESISTANCE TO ALTERNATING CURRENT
MOST PROMINENT CLINICAL FEATURE OF DILANTIN TOXICITY - ATAXIA
CHANGES IN PERSONALITY IS FROM WHAT LOBE OF THE BRAIN - FRONTAL LOBE
ACTH TREATS WHAT - INFANTILE SPASMS
PATIENT WITH RIGHT HEMIPARESIS MOST LIKELY HAS A LESION TO WHAT LOBE -
LEFT FRONTAL LOBE
SCOTOMA IS - AREA OF VISION LOSS
USED TO LOCALIZE SITE OF SEIZURE ONSET BY LOOKING FOR AREA OF
HYPERFUSION - ICTAL SPECT
ACRONYM USED TO DESCRIBE DISTINCTIVE EEG WAVES OR COMPLEXES THAT
OCCUR BETWEEN SEIZURES AND ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM BACKGROUND
ACTIVITY - IEDS (INTERICTAL EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES)
CABAL NERVE STIMULATORS ARE USED TO TREAT - SEIZURES AND DEPRESSION
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