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Primer of EEG With a Mini-Atlas

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ISBN-10: 0750674768

ISBN-13: 9780750674768

Edition: 2003 (Mini Edition)

Authors: A. James Rowan, Eugene Tolunsky

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This is an accessible and quick how-to book on the basic and practical aspects of EEG interpretation.
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Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 3/25/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792

Introduction: The Utility Of The EEG
Orgin And Technical Aspects Of The Eeg
Origin of the EEG
Technical Considerations
Electrodes
Electrode Placement
Potential Fields
Amplification
Bipolar Recording
Referential Recording
Montage Selection
Overview of Electronics
Calibration
Display (write-out)
Sensitivity
Low Pass (high frequency) Filters
High Pass (low frequency) Filters
Artifacts
The Normal Eeg
The Normal Adult EEG
The Alpha Rhythm
Beta Activity
Theta Activity
Delta Activity
Mu Rhythm
Lambda Waves
Features of Sleep
Special Considerations in Children
Special Considerations in the Elderly
Activation Procedures
Hyperventilation
Intermittent Photic Stimulation
Sleep Deprivation
Sedated Sleep
Normal Variants and Paroxysmal Phenomena of Uncertain Significance
Alpha Variants
Rhythmical Mid-Temporal Discharges (RMTD)
Wicket Spikes
Subclinical Rhythmical Electrographic Discharges of Adults (SREDA)
Small Sharp Spikes
Phantom Spike-waves
14 and 6 Positive Spike
The Abnormal Eeg
Non-epileptiform Abnormal Patterns
Focal Slowing
Diffuse Slowing
Projected Rhythms
Periodicity
Burst-Suppression
Epileptiform Patterns
The Spike
The Spike-wave Complex
The sharp wave
Other Interictal Paroxysmal Waveforms
Location and Significance of Focal Epileptiform Discharges
The Eeg And Epilepsy
Eight Important Epilepsy Syndromes
Simple Febrile Convulsions
Complex Febrile Convulsions
West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms)
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)
Absence Epilepsy
Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS)
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME)
Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Occipital Paroxysms
The Value of the EEG in Epilepsy Prognosis
Epilepsy Monitoring
Prolonged EEG-Video Monitoring
Ambulatory EEG
The EEG in Non-epileptic Seizures of Psychogenic Origin
Status Epileptic
Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus (GCSE)
Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus (NCSE)
The Eeg In Other Neurological And Meical Conditions
The Dementias
Alzheimer's Disease
Multi-infarct Dementia (MID)
Creuzfeldt-Jakov Disease
Pick's Disease
Stroke
Ischemic Stroke
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Subdural Hematoma
Metabolic Disorders
General EEG Features
The Triphasic Wave in Hepatic and Renal Encephalopathies
Other Metabolic Encephalopathies
Coma
Tips On Reading And Reporting The Eeg
Elements of the Report
How to Look at the Record
Appendix
He Influence Of Pharmacological Agents On The Eeg
The Role Of The Eeg In Determingn Antiepileptic Drug Therapy
Guidelines For Treatment Of Generalized Convulsive Status
Epilepticus (GCSE)
Overt GCSE
Subtle GCSE
Guidelines For Treatment Of Non-Convulsive Status Epilepitcus (NCSE)
Crebral Death Recording