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Sommario
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; How to Read This Book; Part I. Introduction: 1. EEG basics; 2. Indications; 3. Real-time bedside EEG reading; 4. Recognizing artifacts and medication effects; 5. Epileptiform discharges, seizures, and status epilepticus; 6. Rhythmic and periodic patterns (RPP) and the ictal-interictal injury continuum (IIIC); 7. Post-cardiac arrest EEG; 8. Quantitative EEG (EEG trend analysis); Part II. Case-Based Approach to Specific Conditions: 9. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE); 10. Management of the ictal-interictal injury continuum (IIIC); 11. Seizures and epileptiform discharges; 12. Seizure mimics; 13. Focal lesions; 14. Encephalopathy; 15. Coma; Appendix: Understanding EEG Reports; Index.
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Neville M. Jadeja is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UMass Chan Medical School, University of Massachusetts. He is an American board-certified neurologist, epileptologist, and author of the popular handbook How to read an EEG, Cambridge University Press, June 2021.Kyle C. Rossi is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UMass Chan Medical School, University of Massachusetts. He is an American board-certified neurologist and epileptologist with an interest in continuous critical care EEG monitoring and quantitative EEG analysis.
Riassunto
Easy to understand and richly illustrated, this essential guide introduces the basics of critical care EEG, including continuous EEG monitoring, to acute care providers of all backgrounds and skill levels, enabling them to harness the full potential of this technique for the benefit of patients.
