Atlas of Video-EEG Monitoring - Hardcover

Sirven, Joseph; Stern, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071597425 ISBN 13: 9780071597425

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2011

Synopsis

The single-best resource available for learning how to perform and interpret video EEG

Companion DVD includes 110 seizure videos covering a full range of seizure types!

A Doody's Core Title for 2011!

Atlas of Video-EEG Monitoring explains the essentials of video EEG for use in all settings. This full-color atlas thoroughly covers the basics of performing video EEG for diagnosis along with how to use video EEG for the diagnosis and interpretation of seizures and mimickers of seizures during treatment of epilepsy, in the emergency department, and in the intensive care unit.

Features

DVD contains videos linked to EEG patterns in the book—-allowing you to see each problem in real time

Over 340 full-color images and EEGs

Detailed overview of epileptic seizures, from simple partial seizures and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures to epileptic spasms

In-depth survey of seizure mimics, including psychogenic non-epileptic spells; panic spells; non-epileptic movements in coma; dissociative spells; movement disorders; sleep disorders; and syncope

Thorough review of status epilepticus, including epilepsia partialis continua, and other syndromes

Cutting-edge guidance on intracranial video-EEG monitoring, including placement and interpretation of grid/strip electrodes and depth electrodes

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph I. Sirven, MD
Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
John M. Stern, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0071597425
• ISBN 13: 9780071597425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 680