Continuous EEG Monitoring

1. Front Matter

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2. Clinical Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The History of Continuous EEG Monitoring

      • Raoul Sutter, Peter W. Kaplan

      Pages 3-12

   3. Epidemiology of Seizures in Critically Ill Adults

      • Jennifer M. Pritchard, Jennifer L. Hopp

      Pages 13-27

   4. Epidemiology of Seizures in Critically Ill Children and Neonates

      • Nicholas S. Abend, Courtney J Wusthoff

      Pages 29-49

   5. Status Epilepticus Classification

      • David Gloss

      Pages 51-58

   6. Criteria for Continuous EEG Monitoring

      • Keith E. Dombrowski

      Pages 59-66

   7. Periodic Complexes: Classification and Examples

      • Jessica W. Templer, Elizabeth E. Gerard

      Pages 67-86

   8. Electrographic Seizures in Adults: Recognition and Examples

      • Jonathan Halford

      Pages 87-113

   9. Electrographic Seizures in Pediatrics: Recognition and Examples

      • Jessica L. Carpenter, N. Mehta, T. N. Tsuchida

      Pages 115-133

   10. Patterns of Uncertain Significance

       • Aneeta R. Saxena, Lawrence J. Hirsch

       Pages 135-151

   11. Artifacts Resembling Seizures

       • Sarah Schmitt

       Pages 153-171

   12. Quantitative EEG Analysis: Basics

       • Saurabh R. Sinha

       Pages 173-189

   13. QEEG in Seizure Detection

       • Christa B. Swisher

       Pages 191-214

   14. Quantitative EEG in Neonatal Seizures

       • Juliet K. Knowles, Courtney J. Wusthoff

       Pages 215-230

   15. Quantitative EEG for Non-seizure Indications

       • Sahar Zafar, M. Brandon Westover

       Pages 231-255

   16. QEEG Training Module

       • Christa B. Swisher

       Pages 257-277

   17. Neuroimaging in Status Epilepticus

       • Ana M. Cartagena, G. Bryan Young

       Pages 279-286

3. Special Situations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287

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   2. Acute Anoxic Injury and Therapeutic Hypothermia in Adults

      • Amy Z. Crepeau

      Pages 289-301

This book is designed to meet the need for a practically oriented textbook on the rapidly growing field of continuous EEG (cEEG) monitoring. A wide range of key clinical aspects are addressed, with explanation of status epilepticus classification, criteria for institution of monitoring, seizure patterns and their recognition, quantitative EEG analysis, and neuroimaging in patients undergoing cEEG monitoring. The value of cEEG and the nature of cEEG findings in various special situations are then reviewed, covering particular pathologies, critical care considerations, and prognostication. Treatments of nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) and nonconvulsive seizures (NCS) are discussed. The concluding section is devoted to important administrative issues including billing, staffing issues, comparison of EEG machines, and information technology (IT) issues.
Continuous EEG monitoring offers the only reliable means of detecting seizures that are not clinically obvious in critically ill patients. Such seizures are common: approximately 20% of patients undergoing cEEG monitoring in hospital have NCSE or NCS. Against this background, many hospitals have started to offer cEEG monitoring as a basis for delivery of appropriate treatment. By presenting the state of the art in cEEG monitoring, this book will be invaluable to practitioners including neurophysiologists, neurologists, neurointensivists, intensivists, neurophysiology and epilepsy fellows, and neurology residents. 

• continuous EEG monitoring
• electrographic seizures
• nonconvulsive seizures
• nonconvulsive status epilepticus
• status epilepticus

“It not only has comprehensive details for the epileptologists but also has information on scientific investigations, technical details, and staffing models/descriptions of current practice which will be useful for a broader audience. … I would recommend this book as a good reference tool, a summary of the literature on cEEG, and a valuable resource for anyone who reads ICU EEG and who does inpatient epilepsy consults and for practicing neurointensivist.” (Stephen Hantus, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, May 29, 2019)

• Neurology, Duke University Medical Center Neurology, Durham, USA

  Aatif M. Husain

• Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

  Saurabh R. Sinha

Prof. Aatif Husain, Duke University Medical Center, Neurology, 330 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Dr. Saurabh R. Sinha, Duke University Medical Center, Neurology, 330 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA

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