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Duke PA EEG and EMG

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when are EEG's useful   when looking for evidence of epilepsy. when trying to tell if a shaking episode is epilepsy. when attempting to determine if someone is consious or not. somewhat useful in detecting the absence of brain activity.  
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not all spikes are __   epileptic  
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patients with seizures can have __   normal EEG's  
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manifested primarily in children and are a brief cessation of conversation or activity followed by immediate return of normal function, usually no shaking occurs   absence seizures  
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a very characteristic EEG pattern often occurs intermittently even when the individual is not having an __   absence seizure  
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is an ongoing seizure which has little if any movement associated with it, the patients are poorly responsive but the etiology is unclear   Non-convulsive status epilepticus  
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if a person has a focal seizure they are likely to develop additional seizures because the seizure is due to some __   focal lesion  
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if after a single seizure the patient has signs of epileptiform discharges on __, then they are likely to go on to have further seizures   EEG  
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if after a single seizure the patient is found to have some sort of structural brain lesion on __, then they are more likely to have further seizures   MRI  
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an episode which clinically looks like a seizure but occurs for emotional or psychological reasons and is not accompanied by EEG evidence of seizure during the episode   pseudoseizures  
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__ do not respond to epilepsy medication   pseudoseizures  
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prior to sophisticated imaging procedures EEG was useful in locating mass lesions as the EEG would be __ over the mass   muted or slow  
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the EEG is quite useful in demonstrating the presence and degree of __ but rarely suggests the etiology   coma or encephalopathy  
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if the EEG is completely flat-no evidence of brain activity, this is a useful adjunct in determining brain death. Brain death remains a __   clinical diagnosis based on the neurological examination  
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there are patients who meet criteria for brain death who __   still have some EEG activity  
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a needle is inserted into a muscle and the electrical activity of the muscle is observed during rest and activation. The activity is different if the nerve or muscle has been injured   electromyography  
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the EMG/NCV should be considered an extension of the __   neurologic examination  
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are potentially useful whenever there is a suspicion of peripheral nerve or muscle injury   EMB/NCV  
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they are particularly useful for detecting carpal tunnel syndrome   EMG/NCV  
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they are very useful when investigating the presence or severity of polyneuropathy and sometimes suggest etiologies   EMG/NCV  
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they are sometimes useful when investigating radiculopathy or muscle diseases   EMG/NCV  
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electrical studies used to study the conduction of central nervous system pathways   Evoked Potential Studies  
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electrodes are place on the scalp and brain potentials are recorded in response to a stimulus-measuring the size and timing of the response and comparing those results to normal values   Evoked Potential Studies  
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