
Rowan's Primer of EEG
- 3rd Edition - August 26, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Lara V. Marcuse, Madeline C. Fields, Jiyeoun Jenna Yoo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 7 1 3 - 3
Practical, brief, and easy to understand, Rowan's Primer of EEG, 3rd Edition, teaches the difficult technical aspects of how to perform and interpret EEGs. Direct, concise t… Read more

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Request a sales quotePractical, brief, and easy to understand, Rowan's Primer of EEG, 3rd Edition, teaches the difficult technical aspects of how to perform and interpret EEGs. Direct, concise text, numerous illustrations and teaching points, and an extensive video library make this up-to-date reference a valuable resource for students, residents, neurologists, and epileptologists alike.
- Features a vibrant, full-color design and brief, to-the-point text from experts in the field.
- Discusses advances in the field such as intracranial EEG and quantitative EEG in the ICU.
- Includes dozens of videos detailing clinical descriptions of seizures and EEG interpretation, both with and without annotations, so you can practice reading EEGs firsthand and then learn from the annotations.
- Offers enhanced coverage of epilepsy syndromes with a quick-access chart highlighting age of onset, prognosis, clinical characteristics, and EEG characteristics.
- Contains pediatric content and a concise chart of the EEG changes throughout the neonatal period.
- Provides self-assessment questions and answers online for each chapter.
- Uses the recently updated nomenclature from the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and American Clinical Neurophysiology Society.
- 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, internists, medical students
- Instructions for Online Access
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface to the third edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Origin and technical aspects of the EEG
- ORIGIN OF THE EEG
- TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
- NOTES ON RECORDING THE EEG
- Further reading
- 2. The normal adult EEG
- THE NORMAL EEG
- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE ELDERLY
- ACTIVATION PROCEDURES
- NORMAL VARIANTS AND PAROXYSMAL PHENOMENA OF UNCERTAIN SIGNIFICANCE
- Further reading
- 3. The normal EEG from neonates to adolescents
- NEONATES
- EEG FROM FULL TERM TO ADOLESCENCE
- Further reading
- 4. The abnormal EEG
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND ABNORMALITIES
- EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES, PERIODIC OR RHYTHMIC PATTERNS
- Further reading
- 5. The EEG and epilepsy
- THE VALUE OF THE EEG IN EPILEPSY PROGNOSIS
- Further reading
- 6. Intracranial EEG
- DRUG-RESISTANT EPILEPSY
- PRESURGICAL WORKUP
- INDICATIONS FOR INTRACRANIAL EEG
- INTRACRANIAL STUDY TYPES: STEREO-EEG VERSUS GRIDs AND STRIPS
- INTRACRANIAL EEG
- BRAIN MAPPING DURING AN INTRACRANIAL STUDY
- INTRAOPERATIVE ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY (ECoG)
- RESPONSIVE NEUROSTIMULATION ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY (ECoG)
- Further reading
- 7. The EEG in other neurological and medical conditions and in status epilepticus
- THE DEMENTIAS
- ISCHEMIC STROKE
- HEMORRHAGIC STROKE
- SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
- METABOLIC DISORDERS
- Coma
- STATUS EPILEPTICUS
- BRAIN DEATH
- Further reading
- 8. Quantitative EEG in the ICU
- THE ELEMENTS
- Further reading
- 9. The EEG: Tips on indications, reading, and reporting
- INDICATIONS
- HOW TO LOOK AT THE RECORD
- ELEMENTS OF THE REPORT
- Further reading
- Appendix 1. Influence of common drugs on the EEG and on seizure threshold
- THE ROLE OF THE EEG IN DETERMINING ANTISEIZURE DRUG TREATMENT
- Further reading
- Questions
- Appendix 2. Treatment of status epilepticus
- Further reading
- Answers
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: August 26, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 260
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323757133
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Lara V. Marcuse
Lara V. Marcuse, MD, is co-director of the Mount Sinai Epilepsy Program and is an Assistant Professor of Neurology. Dr. Marcuse joined the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2009. She is board certified in neurology and neurophysiology. Dr. Marcuse received her BA in mathematics and neurobiology from Cornell University and her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In medical school, she received the Daniel Mann Award for her outstanding service to underserved communities. She did her medical internship, neurology residency, and neurophysiology fellowship at the NYU-Langone Medical Center. She served as chief resident for neurology in her final year of residency.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology; Co-Director of the Mount Sinai Epilepsy Center, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New YorkMF
Madeline C. Fields
Madeline Fields, MD, is a Co-Director of the Mount Sinai Epilepsy Program and is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Fields' primary clinical focus is the medical and surgical management of epilepsy patients, including diet and complementary therapies. Her other areas of interest are conditions where epilepsy is a frequent complication including autism, dementia, and psychiatric conditions
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology; Co-Director of the Mount Sinai Epilepsy Center, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New YorkJY
Jiyeoun Jenna Yoo
Ji Yeoun (Jenna) Yoo, MD is an assistant professor of Neurology at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She received her medical degree from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. She received her neurology residency training at Mount Sinai Medical Center, followed by a two-year fellowship in epilepsy/EEG at the comprehensive epilepsy center at Yale University. After her fellowship, she returned to Mt. Sinai to join the faculty. Dr. Yoo specializes in Epilepsy/EEG. She monitors and interprets EEGs for the patients in the epilepsy monitoring units, intensive care units, and in ambulatory settings. Dr. Yoo's clinical and research interests include medical management and pre-surgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy and their long term outcomes, cognitive and behavioral aspects of epilepsy, and EEG monitoring. She is board certified in Neurology, Epilepsy, and Critical Care EEG monitoring.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, The Mount Sinai Epilepsy Center, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York