27912 Polysomnography Madeleine Grigg-Damberger and Steven A. Lopez Polysomnography (also called a sleep study) simultaneously and continuously records multiple different biophysiological parameters across a sleep period to characterize sleep, identify,…
32713 Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring Aatif M. Husain Neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring (NIOM) is used to reduce neurologic morbidity during surgeries in which the nervous system is at risk. NIOM is a…
20910 The EEG in Status Epilepticus Frank W. Drislane and Peter Kaplan Generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) is best diagnosed clinically, but the electroencephalography can indicate the stage or refractoriness…
493 Artifacts of Recording William O. Tatum, IV Recording electrical potentials on the electroencephalogram (EEG) that do not rise from the brain represents artifact. Artifacts are most often felt to…
192 Normal EEG William O. Tatum, IV This chapter encompasses the patterns of cerebral and extracerebral origin as well as patterns of uncertain significance to illustrate the range of normal…
36314 Electrocorticography Marc R. Nuwer and Inna Keselman Electrocorticography (ECoG) is electroencephalography recorded in the operating room directly from exposed cerebral cortex. The goal for ECoG and direct cortical stimulation…
1437 Ambulatory EEG William O. Tatum, IV Ambulatory electroencephalogram (AEEG) is a diagnostic extension of standard EEG. It is a well established technique that is best suited for assessing paroxysmal…
1658 Video-EEG and Adult Seizures Michael Sperling and William O. Tatum, IV Video-electroencephalogram (EEG) can provide a definitive diagnosis of epilepsy and separate epileptic seizures from nonepileptic “spells”. Video-EEG also…
1236 Pediatric Seizures Douglas R. Nordli, Jr. and Phillip L. Pearl Clinical and electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis of pediatric seizures relies on the International League Against Epilepsy classification scheme of focal…
