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.

Provides trainees with the most essential information needed for their epilepsy/ EEG rotation Concise, easy-to-read Written for neurology residents, clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy fellows and clinicians treating patients with epilepsy

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
What is not a Seizure?.- Seizures and Epilepsy.- Treatment of Seizures.- Catamenial Epilepsy.- 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.