Pearls of EEG

This book is a primer on clinical neurophysiology centering on EEG and evoked potentials. Its goal is to introduce learners to the engineering, physiological, and clinical underpinnings of EEG and evoked potentials.

Chapters follow a case-based format and offer a visual schematic or a patient-derived example, followed by a clear teaching point that's reinforced by a series of questions by which the student can self-test. Fundamental chapters provide basic elements of engineering or physiology; Cases illustrate disease entities or their mimics.

Pearls of EEG will be of interest to a variety of subspecialists, including EEG technologists, medical students, neurology residents, and fellows in clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy, neuro-critical care, pediatrics, neonatologists, neurological hospitalists, or sleep.

Principles of Electricity. - The Source of the EEG. - Acquisition of the EEG. - The Vocabulary of EEG Description. - Normal Waking EEG. - Activation Procedures. - The Normal EEG of Sleep. - Neonatal EEG and development. - The EEG in the Older Adult. - IED, Benign Epileptiform Transients, and Focal Epilepsy. - Generalized Epileptiform Discharges and Generalized Epilepsies. - Ictal Discharges and Epileptic Seizures. - Focal Lesions. - Encephalopathy. - Periodic Discharges and Status Epilepticus. - Intracranial Monitoring. - Evoked Potentials. - The Routine EEG Report.