Atlas of EEG in Critical Care (eBook)

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Autor: Lawrence J. (Hrsg.) Hirsch

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ISBN: 978-0-470-74669-1

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As the population ages, technology improves, intensive care medicine expands, and neurocritical care advances, the use of EEG monitoring in the critically ill is becoming increasingly important. Neurologists and intensive care specialists need to become familiar with this technique.

This atlas is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the uses of EEG monitoring in the critical care setting. It includes basic EEG patterns seen in encephalopathy, both specific and nonspecific, nonconvulsive seizures, periodic EEG patterns, and controversial patterns on the ictal-interictal continuum. Confusing artefacts, including ones that mimic seizures, are shown and explained. The new standardized nomenclature for these patterns is included.

After the major section on EEG patterns from both a basic and advanced viewpoint, there is an extensive section on prolonged continuous digital EEG monitoring, including data reduction, screening, and trending techniques such as compressed spectral array. These techniques can aid efficient recognition of seizures, ischemia, and other neurologic events, and can help visualize long-term trends.

Explains principles of technique and interpretation of recordings
Discusses methods of data management, and 'trending' central to long-term monitoring
Demonstrates applications in multi-modal monitoring, correlating with new techniques such as microdialysis
Features superb illustrations of commonly observed neurologic events, including seizures, hemorrhagic stroke and ischemia
Illustrates commonly observed artifacts and 'problem' readings
Includes new nomenclature for EEG findings in the critically ill

Atlas of EEG in Critical Care is an essential tool for practitioners, fellows and residents in critical care medicine, neurology, epilepsy, and clinical neurophysiology

Autor	Hirsch, Lawrence J. (Hrsg.) / Brenner, Richard P. (Hrsg.)
Verlag	John Wiley & Sons
Einband	PDF
Erscheinungsjahr	2009
Seitenangabe	344 S.
Ausgabekennzeichen	Englisch
Masse	68'462 KB
Auflage	09001 A. 1. Auflage

Über den Autor Lawrence J. (Hrsg.) Hirsch

Dr. Hirsch completed medical school and internship at YaleUniversity. He was resident and chief resident at the NeurologicalInstitute of New York where he also completed a two-year fellowshipin Epilepsy/EEG. He is currently Associate Clinical Professor ofNeurology at Columbia University and Director of the Continuous EEGMonitoring Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ColumbiaUniversity Medical Center. His primary interest is providingclinical care for adolescents and adults with epilepsy, includingthose who are potential candidates for epilepsy surgery and indiagnosing "funny spells". His research interests includeeffectiveness and tolerability of antiepileptic drugs, brainmonitoring in the critically ill, brain stimulation for epilepsy,and cardiac effects of seizures.Dr. Brenner has been on the faculty at the University ofPittsburgh since 1983, and is now clinical professor of neurologyand psychiatry. He has authored over 70 publications and was themedical editor of the American Journal of ElectroneurodiagnosticTechnology (2003-2006). He is a member of the American Academy ofNeurology (AAN), American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS),and the American Epilepsy Society (AES). He was director of theclinical EEG course for the AAN from 1991 through 1995 andco-director of the annual AES course in 2001. He was director ofclinical EEG courses for the ACNS from 2001-2003. He was presidentof the ACNS (2005-2006) and recently completed EEG on DVD-Adult: AnInteractive Reading Session.