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THE SA NODE(SINOATRIAL) IS LOCATED WHERE?
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OVER THE TOP OF THE RIGHT ATRIUM.
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THE "PACEMAKER" FOR THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM IS LOCATED NEAR THE HYPOTHAMUS...
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SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS
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THE P R INTERVAL IS LONGER IN THIS ARRYTHMIA?
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FIRST DEGREE HEART BLOCK
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2 CONSECUTIVE PVC'S FOLLOWED BY 2 NORMAL BEATS, FOLLOWED BY 2PV'S IS WHAT CARDIAC ARRYTHMIA?
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TRIGEMINAL PVC COUPLETS
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BARBITURATES AND BENZIDIAZEPINES ARE KNOWN AS WHAT TYPE OF DRUGS?
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HYPNOTICS
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A PHYSICIAN SPECIALIZING IN THE TREATMENT OF THE THE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT DISEASES IS?
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OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
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NO EYE MOVEMENT IN REM SLEEP IS CALLED?
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QUIESCENT REM
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THE INTERRUPTION OF A NORMAL SLEEP CYCLE IS CALLED?
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SLEEP FRAGMENTATION
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SHARPE NEGATIVE WAVES USUALLY WITHIN THETA FREQUENCY WITH TYPICAL AMPLITUDES OF 50-75Uv, CAN BE SEEN AS HIGH AS 200Uv. THEY APPEAR MOST OFTN AT THE LATER PART OF STAGE I IS?
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VERTEX SHARP WAVE
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A SYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY IN THE EEG RHYTHM WITH THE RANGE OF 8-12HZ, MOST PROMINENTLY DETECTED WITHIN THE OCCIPITAL REGION OF THE SCALP IS?
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ALPHA ACTIVITY
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WHAT IS A RECORDING OF ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY GENERATED BY THE BRAIN?
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EEG ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
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WHAT IS THE ETHER BASED SUBSTANCE USED FOR GLUING ELCTRODES?
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COLLODIAN
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WHAT IS AN OPPOSITION TO AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT?
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RESISTANCE
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THE FUNCTION OF THE RETICULAR ACTIVATION SYSTEM IS?
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MAINTAINING ALERTNESS
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WHAT IS A METHOD OF MEASURING CHANGES IN BODY AND BODY PART CIRCUMFRENCE?
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INDUCTIVE PLETHYSOMNOGRAPHY
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WHAT IS A GROUP OF COMPONENTS COMPLETING A PATHWAY BETWEEN THE INPUT AND OUTPUT OF A RECORDED SIGNAL?
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CHANNEL
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WHAT IS A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ORIENTATION OF A SIGNAL IN RELATION TO GROUND?
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POLARITY
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WHAT IS AN OPPOSITION TO THE FLOW OF ALTERNATING CURRENT?
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IMPEDENCE
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SIGNALS OBTAINED BY COMPARING VOLTAGES FROM TWO EXPLORING ELECTRODES IN OPPOSITION TO AN ELECTRODE IN OPPOSITION TO AND ELECTRICAL CURRENT IS?
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BIPOLAR DERIVATION
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AN IRREGULAR VENTRICULAR RHYTHM ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF CONSISTENT P WAVES BY RAPID OSCILLATION THAT VARY IN SIZE, SHAPE AND TIMING IS WHAT CARDIA ARRYTHMIA?
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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
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WHAT EMOTIONAL EFFECT MIGHT A TEMPORAL LOBE SEIZURE PRODUCE IN A PATIENT?
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FEAR AND ANGER
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WHO IS THE FATHER OF SLEEP MEDICINE?
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WILLIAM DEMENT
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WHO STANDARDIZED THE RECORDING OF SLEEP BASED ON THE EEG?
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ALLEN RECHTSCHAFFEN AND ANTHONY KALE. IN 1968.
(R AND K MANUAL) |
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WHAT IS A SHORT BURST OF ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WITH A FREQUENCY OF 12-14Hz, LAST AT LEAST 0.5SECOINDS, CAUSED BY INCREASING AND DECREASING AMPLITUDE?
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SLEEP SPINDLE
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WHAT EEG RHYTHM IS SEEN IN THE OCCIPITAL LEADS DURING WAKEFULNESS WHEN THE EYES ARE CLOSED?
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ALPHA RHYTHM
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WHAT ARE SHORT INTERMITTENT BURST THAT APPEAR BEST OVER THE VERTEX. USUALLY SINGLE WAVES OF SHORT DURATION AND VERY HIGH AMPLITUDED?
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VERTEX SHARP WAVES
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WHAT IS A SLOWER RHYTHM WITH A FREQUENCY OF 2-7Hz, USUALLY LOW VOLTAGE AND APPEARS WHEN A PT BECOMES DROWSY. CHARACTERISTIC OF STAGE 1?
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THETA RHYTHM
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WHAT IS A EEG RHYTHM WITH A FREQUENCY OF 8-13 CYCLES PER SECOND?
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ALPHA RHYTHM
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WHAT IS A SLOW WAVE OF LESS THAN 2Hz WITH AN AMPLITUDE OF AT LEAST 75uV AND LAST AT LEAST 0.5 SECONDS
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DELTA WAVES
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WHAT EEG RHYTHM IS ABOVE 13Hz, USUALLY BETWEEN 18-25Hz WITH LOW VOLTAGE?
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BETA RHYTHM
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THE SINOATRIAL NODE (SA NODE) IS REFERED TO AS THE ?
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PACEMAKER
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THE SA NODE (SINOATRIAL NODE IS LOCATED WHERE IN THE HEART?
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RIGHT ATRIUM
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THE HEIGHT OF AN EEG WAVE IS REFERRED TO AS ?
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AMPLITUDE
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HOW LONG MUST A SLEEP SPINDLE LAST?
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0.5 SECONDS
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WHAT NON REM SLEEP RHYTHM IS COMPROMISED OF PREDOMINATELY THETA ACTIVITY WITH INTERMITTENT APPEARANCES OF SLEEP SPINDLES AND K COMPLEXES?
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STAGE II
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BODY TEMP AND BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN INCREASE TO THE POITN OF EQUAL TO WAKE IN WHAT STAGE OF SLEEP?
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REM SLEEP
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WHAT WAVE FORM IS A FAST NEGATIVE WAVE FOLLOWED BY A SLOW POSITIVE WAVE?
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K COMPLEX
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WHAT STAGE OF SLEEP OCCUPIES APPROX. 45% OF TOTAL SLEEP?
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STAGE II
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TST STANDS FOR?
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TOTAL SLEEP TIME
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WHAT ARE THE 4 PHASES OF SLEEP RELATED PENILE ERECTIONS?
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T-UP ASCENDING TUMESCENCE
T-MAS MAXIMAL TUMESCENCE T-DOWN DE TUMESCENCE T- ZERO NO TUMESCENCE |
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THE COMPLETE RELAXATION OF MUSCLES
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ATONIA
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WHAT STAGE OF SLEEP ARE DREAMS NOTED TO BE VIVID?
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REM
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SOREM STANDS FOR ?
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SLEEP ON SET REM PERIOD
THE BEGINING OF SLEEP BY ENTRANCE DIRECTLY INTO REM. |
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THE FREQUENCY OF EYE MOVEMENTS PER UNIT OF TIME DURING REM IS?
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REM DENSITY
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A RAPID PARTIAL FLEXION OF THE FOOT AT THE ANKLE, KNEE OR HIP THAT OCCURS DURING SLEEP, THAT OCCURS WITH A PERIODICITY OF 20-60 SEC. IN A PATTERN LASTIN 0.5-5.0 SECONDS IN DURATION IS?
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PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENTS
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ATONIA, RAPID EYE MOVEMENT AND SAW TOOTH WAVES ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF?
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REM
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SYNONOMOUS WITH REM
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PARADOXICAL SLEEP
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ADEWUATE VENTILATION WHILE AWAKE BUT, SEVERE HYPOVENTILATION OR APNEA WHEN SLEEP IS REFERRED TO AS?
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ONDINE'S CURSE
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OCCURENCES OF AN EVENT DURING THE TRANSITION FROM WAKE TO SLEEP IS?
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HYPNOGOGIC
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REDUCED QUALITY CAMPARED TO THAT WHICH WOULD BE EXPECTED IN THE SUBJECTS USUAL SLEEPING ENVIROMENT IS REFERRED TO AS?
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FIRST NIGHT EFFECT
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A PRIMARY DISORDER OF INITIATING OR MAINTAING SLEEP?
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DYSSOMNIA
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HAPPENING IN THE DAYTIME IS REFERED TO AS...
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DIURNAL
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OCCURNECES HAPPENING DURING THE TRANSISTION FROM SLEEP TO WAKE IS?
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HYPNOPOMPIC
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A FUNCTION OF A DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER BY WHICH IDENTICAL SIGNALS RECEIVED THROUGH BOTH OF IT'S IMPUT TERMINALS ARE GREATLY ATTENUATED. THE PRIMARY METHOD OF ELIMINATING UNDESIRABLE INTERFERNCE IS?
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COMMON MODE REJECTION
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A SUDDEN LOSS OF MUSCLE TONE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG EMOTION. ATONIA WITHOUT LOS OF CONSCIOUSNESS?
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CATAPLEXY
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A BREATHING PATTERN CHARACTERIZED BY REGULAR CRESENDO-DECRESENDO FLUCTUATIONS IN RESPIRATORY RATE AND TIDAL VOLUME?
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CHEYNE STOKES RESPIRATIONS
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WHO DISCOVERED REM SLEEP AND IN WHAT YEAR?
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DR. KLIETMAN IN 1954
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WHAT TWO ARTIFACTS CAN BE DIAGNOSTICALLY USEFUL?
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BRUXISM AND SNORING
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PEN BLOCKING CAN BE CORRECTED BY WHAT ACTION?
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REDUCE THE GAIN OR MAGNIFICATION OF THE AMPLIFIER TO ENSURE THE COMPLETE WAVEFORM IS RECORDED. MOST OFTEN HAPPENS IN PTAF'S
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INFRADIAN RHYTHMS LAST HOW LONG AND WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE?
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CYCLE LASTING LONGER THAN 24 HOURS.
EX. MENSTRUAL CYCLE |
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WHAT IS A CYCLE LASTING LONGER THAN 24 HOURS AND AN EXAMPLE?
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ULTRADIAN
EX. REM/NREM CYCLES |
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WHAT WOULD OCCUR IF THE RAPHE` NUCLEI WAS DESTROYED?
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DECREASE IN SEROTONIN
DECREASE IN SLEEP INSOMNIA |
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THE NEUROTRANSMITTER ACETYLCHOLINE IS HIGHEST AT WHICH TWO TIMES?
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WAKE AND REM
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THE RETICULAR FORMATION CONTROLS WHAT?
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SLEEP AND WAKEFULNES
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WHAT IS THE STANDARD PAPER SPEED OF A PSG?
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10MM/SEC
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WHAT IS INSOMNIA OCCURING DUE TO ANXIETY AND BEHAVIORS THAT STIMUALTE THE BRAIN AND DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE PT WILL FALL ASLEEP?
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PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL INSOMNIA
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A DEBILITATIONG DISEASE THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY SEVERE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS BUT NO OTHER CLINICAL SIGNS OF DISEASE?
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IDIOPATHIC HYPERSOMNIA
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IF A PT TALKES MORE THAN 30 MINUTES TO FALL ASLEEP ON A NIGHTLY BASIS OR IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE AWAKENINGS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT THAT ARE PROLONGED IS...
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TRUE INSOMNIA
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TcCO2 STANDS FOR
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TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE
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WHAT WAVEFORM HAS A MINIMAL AMPLITUDE REQUIREMENT?
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DELTA WAVE
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VERTEX SHARP WAVES OCCUR IN WHAT STAGE OF SLEEP?
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STAGE I
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WHAT IS THE FIRST EPOCH SCORED AS ANY STAGE OTHER THAN WAKE?
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SLEEP ONSET
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WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY OF A SLEEP SPINDLE?
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12-14Hz
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WHAT TYPE OF MEDICATION IS USED TO TREAT CATAPLEXY?
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ANTIDEPRESSANT, MOST COMMONLY PROZAC. WORKS BY INHIBITING THE AMOUNT OF REM SLEEP.
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WHAT IS A BRIEF PHASIC OR SUSTAINED ELEVATION OF THE CHIN EMG AT LEAST TWICE AS HIGH AS THE BASELINE CHIN EMG?
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BRUXISM
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AN ELECTROOCULARGRAM MEASURES THE MOVEMT OF?
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THE EYES
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CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW INCREASES IN THE STAGE OF SLEEP?
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REM
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NOCTURNAL ANGINA OCCURS GENERALLY IN WHAT STAGE OF SLEEP?
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REM
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PULSE OXIMETRY, RESPIRATORY EFFORT AND PTAF USE WHAT TYPE OF CURRENT?
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DC CURRENT
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THE TIME IT TAKES OF RA WAVE TO FALL TO 37% OF THE ORIGINAL AMPLITUEDE OF A CALIBRATION SIGNAL IS?
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TIME CONSTANT
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AN INCREASE IN EMG ON ANY CHANNEL, WHICH IS ACCOMPANIED BY A CHANGE IN PATTERN ON ANY ADDITIONAL CHANNEL IS?
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MOVEMENT AROUSAL
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EKG'S ARE RECORDED AT WHAT PAPER SPEED?
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25MM/SEC
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AN IRREGULAR VENTRICULAR RHYTHM ASSOCIATED WITH REPLACENT OF CONSISTENT P WAVES BY RAPID OSCILLATION THAT VARY IN SIZE, SHAPE AND TIMING?
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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
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A RHYTHM LASTING A MINIMUM OF 3 CONSECUTIVE BEATS AT A RATE GREATER THAN 100BPM WITH A QRS DURATION OF LESS THAN 120 MILLISECONDS
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NARROW COMPLEX TACHYCARDIA
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WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE EEG GAIN SETTING?
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5uV/MM
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WHEN AN EEG AMPLIFIER IS CALIBRATED TO 50uV/CM. A 75uV SIGNAL FROM THE PATIENT WIL RESULT IN THIS?
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A 1.5CM UPWARD PEN DEFLECTION
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WHAT ARE THE TWO INPUT PORTS ON A DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER?
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G1 AND G2
GRID 1 AND GRID 2 |
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LOW FREQUENCY FILTERS SUPPRESS THIS?
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SLOWER FREQUENCY SIGNALS
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THESE EKG WAVEFOREMS ARE RAPID9GREATER THAN 120 BPM) WITH WIDE QRS COMPLEXES AND NO P WAVE?
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VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
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THIS CARDIAC ARRYTHMIA PRODUCES AN EKG RHYTHM WITH A P WAVE THAT OCCURS PROGRESSIVELY FURTHER APART FROM THE QRS COMLEX UNTIL IT IS SKIPPED?
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2ND DEGREE AV BLOCK TYPE 1
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A PATIENT WITH A MRI REVEALIN A LESION IN THE SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS IS LIKELY TO PRESENT WITH THIS PROBLEM...
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ALTERED CIRCADIAN RHYTH.
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THIS DRUG HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CAUSE BETA SPINDLES?
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XANAX
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THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER IS AT IT'S HIGHEST RECORDED LEVEL DURING WAKE AND REM SLEEP?
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ACETYLCHOLINE
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A PATIENT WITH EPISODIC ENCONTROLLABLE SCREAMING AND MANESIA THAT TENDS TO OCCUR DURING THE FIRST THIRD OF THE SLEEPING PERIOD WOULD SUGGEST THIS...
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PAVOR NOCTURNUS
NIGHT TERRORS |
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WASO STANDS FOR
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WAKE AFTER SLEEP ONSET
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TWT STANDS FOR
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TOTAL WAKE TIME
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THIS MEASURES THE TENDENCY OF THE DEVICE TO REJECT INPUT SIGNALS COMMON TO BOTH INPUT LEADS?
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COMMON MODE REJECTION
CMRR |
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WHAT IS THE STANDARDIZED SYSTEM OF SCLAP ELECTRODE PLACEMENT?
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10/20 SYSTEM
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IT IS THE SYMBOL IN THE POLYSOMNOGRAPHY TYPICALLY PLACED OVER THE MASTOID REGION BEHIND THE LEFT EAR.
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A1
NEW SCORING RULES SUGGEST M1 |
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THE AREA ON THE LEGS WHERE THE LEADS ARE PLACED FOR RECORDING MUSCLE MOVEMENT IS?
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ANTERIOR TIBIALIS
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IT'S THE EARTH USED AS A ZERO VOLTAGE REFRENCE FROM WHICH POTENIAL DIFFERENCE ARE MEASURED?
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GROUND
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THE CANTHUS IS LOCATED WHERE?
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THE CORNER OF THE EYE
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THIS TYPE OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE IS SEDATING, DECREASES REM, CAN CAUSE INCREASED DREAMING WHICH MAY BE VIOLENT IN NATURE.
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BETA BLOCKERS
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THIS ANITHYPERTENSIVE HAS A COMMON SIDE EFFECT OF NIGHTMARES ALSO
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ALPHA BLOCKERS
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WHAT IS THE TERM FOR SLEEP TAKING AND WHAT STAGE OF SLEEP IS IT PREDOMINANT?
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SOMNILOQUY
PREDOMINANT IN REM BUT MAY OCCUR IN OTHER STAGES |
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WHAT IS THE TERM USED FOR SLEEP WALKING AND WHAT STAGE OF SLEEP IS IT SEEN?
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SOMNAMBULISM
DELTA |
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THE TERM FOR AN ABNORMAL SMALLNESS OF THE JAW?
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MICROGNATHIA
OR RETROGNATHIA |
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IN THIS CARDIAC ARRYTHMIA THE R TO R INTERVAL WILL BE CLOSER THAN NORMAL..
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PAC
PREMATURE ATRIAL CONTRACTION |
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THIS INSTRUMENT IS USED FOR MEASURING ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE?
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OHMMETER
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THIS SMALL BALLOON IS INSERTED INTO THE ESOPHAGUS FOR DETECTING RESP EFFORT?
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ESOPHAGEAL BALLOON
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RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM
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CONSISTS OF A JUMBLED UP GROUP OF NEURONS THROUGHOUT THE THALMUS TO THE CORTEX WHICH IN TURN PRODUCES THE CEREBRAL ACTIVATION THAT CAUSES WAKEFULNESS.
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SINUS TACHYCARDIA IS ABOVE HOW MANY BEATS PER MINUTE?
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100
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WHAT STAGE OF SLEEP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE?
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DELTA
SLOW WAVE SLEEP |
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3 CONSECUTIVE PAGES OF SLEEP...
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UNEQUIVOCAL
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THE TIME FROM LIGHTS OUT THO THE FIRST EPOCH OF SLEEP IS KNOWN AS...
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SLEEP LATENCY
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THE 1ST EPOCH OF SLEEP IS KNOWN AS...
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SLEEP ONSET
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SLOW ROLLIGN INTERFERENCE IN ALL CHANNLES CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL BRIDGING OF THE LEADS DUE TO SALT IN THE SWEAT?
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SWEAT ARTIFACT
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% OF DELTA IN NORMAL SLEEP?
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25%
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NORMAL % OF STAGE ONE IN TOTAL SLEEP?
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5%
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NORMAL % OF REM IN TOTAL SLEEP?
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25%
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