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Practical Approach to Electroencephalography
- 2nd Edition - March 26, 2024
- Author: Mark H. Libenson
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 8 3 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 3 9 2 3 4 - 1
Using a highly readable, conversational writing style, Practical Approach to Electroencephalography, 2nd Edition, makes a complex and critically important subject easier to und… Read more
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Request a sales quoteUsing a highly readable, conversational writing style, Practical Approach to Electroencephalography, 2nd Edition, makes a complex and critically important subject easier to understand. It provides just the right amount of guidance you need, explaining EEG waveforms starting with the basics, then bringing you to a sophisticated level in interpreting EEG tracings—explaining what to do, what not to do, what to look for, and what the results mean. Emphasizing pattern recognition and also why the patterns look the way they do, Dr. Libenson’s approachable text focuses on the types of EEG tracings you are likely to encounter in your EEG laboratory, both in the outpatient lab and in the ICU, concentrating at first on the questions and problems encountered by the beginner and non-expert, but bringing you up to the level of an expert.
- Goes beyond the technical aspects of performing EEGs by discussing the link between the EEG findings and the neurologic disorders and conditions in which they occur.
- Uses numerous EEG examples with abundant labels, arrows, and annotations to help you recognize normal and abnormal EEGs in all situations. Illustrations have been carefully reviewed for clarity and optimal usefulness.
- Contains new self-assessment questions that allow you to check your understanding.
- Provides expert pearls from Dr. Libenson that guide you in best practices in EEG testing.
- Features a user-friendly writing style from a single author that makes learning easy.
- Includes a new introduction to the interpretation of invasive EEG monitoring.
- Equips you to handle a wide variety of EEG situations, including the strategies used to distinguish EEG artifacts from true brain waves.
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
Neurology residents, clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy fellows
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
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- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- 1. Introduction to Electroencephalography
- Abstract
- PLAN OF THE TEXT
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- 2. Visual Analysis of the EEG: Wakefulness, Drowsiness, and Sleep
- Abstract
- QUICK TOUR: Transition of the EEG from Wakefulness to Drowsiness, Sleep, and Arousal from Sleep
- VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE EEG: Identification of Expected Elements
- IDENTIFICATION OF EXPECTED ELEMENTS: Sleep
- VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE EEG: Identification of Abnormal Elements
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- answerS
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- 3. Introduction to Commonly Used Terms in Electroencephalography
- Abstract
- DESCRIPTION OF EEG WAVES
- FREQUENCY
- LOCATION
- VOLTAGE
- RHYTHMICITY AND CONTINUITY
- PAPER SPEED
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- Suggested Readings
- 4. Electroencephalographic Localization
- Abstract
- FOCAL EVENTS, ELECTRIC FIELDS, AND GENERALIZED EVENTS
- EEG WAVES AND EEG POLARITY
- Referential Montages
- 5. Electroencephalographic Electrodes, Channels, and Montages and How They Are Chosen
- Abstract
- CATEGORIES OF MONTAGES: REFERENTIAL AND BIPOLAR
- MONTAGE DESIGN
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- REFERENCE
- 6. Electroencephalographic Artifacts
- Abstract
- STRATEGIES OF ARTIFACT RECOGNITION
- SPECIFIC TYPES OF EEG ARTIFACT
- OTHER TYPES OF ARTIFACT
- 7. Filters in the Electroencephalogram
- Abstract
- BANDPASSES AND THE BASIC STRATEGY BEHIND CHOOSING FILTER SETTINGS
- TYPES OF FILTERS
- HOW FILTERS ARE NAMED
- DECIBELS: THEY MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK
- 50 HZ AND 60 HZ NOTCH FILTERS
- ELECTRODE IMPEDANCE PROBLEMS
- CIRCUITS FOR FILTERS
- HIGH-FREQUENCY FILTERS, LOW-FREQUENCY FILTERS, AND RC CIRCUITS
- THE IMPACT OF FILTERS ON THE FAST COMPONENT AND SLOW COMPONENT OF SQUARE WAVE INPUTS
- DIGITAL FILTERS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- 8. The Structure and Philosophy of the EEG Report
- Abstract
- IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
- TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
- EEG DESCRIPTION
- INTERPRETATION
- CLINICAL CORRELATION
- WHAT IS AN ABNORMAL EEG FINDING?
- THE THRESHOLD FOR “ABNORMAL” AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
- THE CONCEPT OF INDEPENDENT OBSERVATIONS
- SUGGESTED READING
- 9. The Abnormal EEG
- Abstract
- ABNORMALITIES OF SLOW-WAVE (DELTA AND THETA) ACTIVITY
- ABNORMALITIES OF BETA ACTIVITY OR “FAST ACTIVITY”
- ASYMMETRIC RHYTHMIC ACTIVITY
- ASYMMETRIES OF SLEEP ELEMENTS
- EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY
- PERIODIC PATTERNS
- ABNORMAL SLEEP STRUCTURE
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- 10. The EEG in Epilepsy
- Abstract
- SEIZURES VERSUS EPILEPSY
- SEIZURE TYPES AND SEIZURE SYNDROMEs
- CLASSIFICATION OF SEIZURE TYPES
- FOCAL VERSUS GENERALIZED
- FOCAL SEIZURES
- RECORDABLE EEG PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH FOCAL SEIZURES
- GENERALIZED SEIZURES
- NON-MOTOR GENERALIZED SEIZURES (ABSENCE)
- CLASSIFICATION OF EPILEPSY SYNDROMES
- OTHER MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY SYNDROMES
- FOCAL EPILEPSIES
- Review QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- 11. Normal Variants in the Electroencephalogram
- Abstract
- NORMAL VARIANTS THAT MIMIC SINGLE EPILEPTIFORM WAVES
- NORMAL VARIANTS THAT MIMIC REPETITIVE EPILEPTIFORM WAVES
- GENERAL INDICATORS OF NORMAL VARIANTS
- OTHER NORMAL VARIANTS
- Review QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTED READING
- 12. EEG Patterns in Stupor and Coma
- Abstract
- INDIVIDUAL PARAMETERS OF THE EEG IN COMA
- SPECIFIC EEG PATTERNS IN COMA AND NEUROLOGIC PROGNOSIS
- ACNS 2021 CRITICAL CARE EEG TERMINOLOGY
- GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE ACNS 2021 TERMINOLOGY SYSTEM
- BACKGROUND
- ABNORMALITY LIST (OPTIONAL SECTIONS)
- SPORADIC EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES
- RHYTHMIC AND PERIODIC PATTERNS (RPPs)
- Main Modifiers
- ELECTROGRAPHIC AND ELECTROCLINICAL SEIZURES
- BRIEF POTENTIALLY ICTAL RHYTHMIC DISCHARGES (BIRDS)
- ICTAL-INTERICTAL CONTINUUM (IIC)
- EEG RECORDING IN SUSPECTED CEREBRAL DEATH
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- 13. The Electroencephalogram of the Newborn
- Abstract
- THE CONCEPT OF POSTCONCEPTIONAL AGE
- A “QUICK TOUR” OF THE MAJOR NEONATAL EEG SLEEP STAGES
- THE FIVE COMMON EEG BACKGROUND PATTERNS SEEN IN NEWBORNS
- SLEEP STAGES IN THE NEWBORN
- TYPICAL EVOLUTION OF NEONATAL SLEEP STAGES NEAR TERM
- AN ORDERLY APPROACH TO NEONATAL EEG INTERPRETATION
- EEG GRAPHOELEMENTS
- BACKGROUND ABNORMALITIES OF THE NEONATAL EEG
- ELECTROGRAPHIC SEIZURE DISCHARGES
- CLASSIFICATION OF NEONATAL SEIZURES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- 14. A Brief Introduction to Invasive EEG Monitoring for Epilepsy Surgery
- Abstract
- INTRODUCTION
- TYPES OF EPILEPSY SURGERY
- CANDIDACY FOR EPILEPSY SURGERY
- Eloquent Cortex
- ASSESSING PATIENTS AS CANDIDATES FOR EPILEPSY SURGERY
- PHASE I PRESURGICAL EVALUATION
- LOCATING ELOQUENT CORTEX
- CONCORDANCE
- PHASE II EVALUATION: INVASIVE EEG MONITORING
- THE CORTICAL ZONES
- PLANNING AN INVASIVE IMPLANTATION
- GENERAL IMPLANTATION STRATEGIES AND THE KEYHOLE PROBLEM
- INVASIVE ELECTRODE TYPES: GRIDS AND STRIPS VERSUS STEREO EEG ELECTRODES
- EXAMPLES OF INVASIVE RECORDINGS
- UNIQUE ASPECTS TO CONSIDER WHILE READING INTRACRANIAL EEG
- SENSA NAMING SYSTEM FOR sEEG ELECTRODES
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- A. Appendix
- Where Do EEG Waves Come From?
- Voltage-Gated Channels Propagate the Action Potential
- The Answer: EPSPs and IPSPs
- Index
- Confidence is ClinicalKey
- No. of pages: 352
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: March 26, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443348365
- eBook ISBN: 9780323392341
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Mark H. Libenson
Affiliations and expertise
Director, EEG Laboratory, Boston Children's Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts