This book contains the most essential information needed for an epilepsy/ EEG rotation. Chapters are formatted with bullet points and feature clinical pearls. Concise and easy-to-read, this quick reference provides neurology residents, clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy fellows, and other clinicians with the most critical information in epilepsy and EEG in a simplified, yet comprehensive format. Divided into two sections, the book first covers the diagnosis, characteristics, and treatment of epilepsy. The second section focuses on EEG placement, procedures, and patterns in various neurological disorders.

Autorentext

Mona Sazgar, MD

Department of Neurology

University of California, Irvine

Orange, CA

USA

Michael Gregory Young, DO

Department of Neurology

Kaiser Permanente

Riverside, CA

USA

Inhalt

PART I: EPILEPSY

What is not a Seizure?

Seizures and Epilepsy

Treatment of Seizures

Catamenial Epilepsy

PART II: EEG

Electrode Placement and Montages

Normal EEG

Normal EEG Variants

EEG Artifacts

Activation Procedures

Interictal Abnormal EEG Patterns

Ictal EEG Patterns

Encephalopathies and EEG Brain Death and EEG