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CLTM ASAP (Advanced Supervision and Assessment Protocol) Board Exam includes accurate and verified questions covering long-term EEG monitoring, seizure pattern recognition, intracranial monitoring, artifact and equipment troubleshooting, patient safety during monitoring, and clinical correlation in pediatric and adult epilepsy cases.
How many hours is the typical therapeutic hypothermia period for neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy? - ANSWER-72 hours
A subarachnoid hemorrhage occurs: - ANSWER-Between the
first and second layer of meninges
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy has seizures that occur: -
ANSWER-during the first hour of waking
This type of surgical treatment is most beneficial for patients who have epileptic zones arising from or overlapping with eloquent cortex - ANSWER-Multiple Subpial Transection
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Hyothalamic Hamartomas are associated with: - ANSWER-
Gelastic seizures
Which type of epilepsy may be confused with psychogenic non epileptic seizures? - ANSWER-Frontal lobe epilepsy
Lennox- Gastaut Syndrome is associated with what type of seizures? - ANSWER-Atypical Absence
An effectively known treatment option for Hypothalamic
Hamartomas is: - ANSWER-Gamma Knife
Landau-Kleffner syndrome is associated with what type of symptom? - ANSWER-Aphasia
The main difference between simple partial and complex partial
is: - ANSWER-Preservation of consciousness
A postictal impairment of function within a discrete region or
regions of the brain: - ANSWER-Todd's paralysis
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A surgical treatment for Storage Webers: - ANSWER-
Hemispherectomy
Subacute sclerosis panencephalitis (SSPE) is associated with: -
ANSWER-Measles
According to the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC), the main difference between a level 3 and a level 4
Epilepsy Center is that a Level 3 center: - ANSWER-Is not able
to perform intracranial evaluations and is not able to offer complex resective epilepsy surgery
Steven-Johnson syndrome is common in critically ill ICU
patients. It is a: - ANSWER-type of severe skin reaction
What is the first defense for minimizing the spread of infection?
- ANSWER-Handwashing
Vector born transmissions occur: - ANSWER-Through animals
and insects
Bacterial spores are destroyed by: - ANSWER-sterilization 3 / 4
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What is the maximum allowable instrument leakage current when recording from a patient with invasive monitoring electrodes? - ANSWER-10 microamps
Uncommon and non-traumatic death that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly with epilepsy who were otherwise previously healthy? - ANSWER-SUDEP
Which precautions should be taken to prevent SUDEP? - ANSWER-Monitor cardia and oxygen saturation
An appropriate time base for sensory-monitor localization would be - ANSWER-50 sec
A 37 year old female is experiencing an auditory aura where she is hearing buzzing in her ears. Which, contacts would most likely show an EEG abnormality? - ANSWER-44-45
Basal extra cranial electrodes for recording medial temporal or
frontal discharges are placed in the region of the: - ANSWER-
Foramen ovale
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