Clinical EEG of Adults and Adolescents
1. Edition April 2025
656 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
New and truly comprehensive handbook for interpreting clinical EEGs
Clinical EEG of Adults and Adolescents is a wide-ranging guide to interpreting clinical electroencephalograms. Drawing on the full corpus of English-language literature on clinical electroencephalography, and with numerous illustrations drawn from important papers, this book is an essential tool for early-career and established clinicians. From the basics of the field to precise clinical applications, it promises to capture the entirety of a century-old field.
Clinical EEG of Adults and Adolescents readers will also find:
* A strict focus on the clinical aspects of electroencephalography
* Detailed coverage of every clinical syndrome, disease, and condition that has been studied via EEG
* Over two thousand references to a comprehensive literature
Clinical EEG of Adults and Adolescents is ideal for residents, fellows, and practitioners in electroencephalography.
Chapter 2: The Normal Adult EEG 15
Chapter 3: Activation Methods 47
Chapter 4: Patterns of Uncertain Significance 69
Chapter 5: Artifacts 97
Chapter 6: The Breach Rhythm 125
Chapter 7: Slowing 129
Chapter 8: Rhythmic Delta Activity (RDA) 135
Chapter 9: Typical Triphasic Waves 147
Chapter 10: Sporadic Epileptiform Discharges 155
Chapter 11: Periodic Discharges 173
Chapter 12: SIRPIDs 191
Chapter 13: Background Attenuation or Suppression 197
Chapter 14: Burst- Suppression 201
Chapter 15: Disorders of Cognition and Consciousness 207
Chapter 16: The Locked- In Syndrome 221
Chapter 17: Brain Death 225
Chapter 18: Postanoxic Coma 231
Chapter 19: Head Trauma 243
Chapter 20: Stroke 253
Chapter 21: Epilepsy and Seizures 263
Chapter 22: Syncope 357
Chapter 23: Migraine 363
Chapter 24: EEG Effects of Medications and Intoxicants, Metabolic Disorders, Vitamin Deficiencies, Endocrinologic Disorders, and Heavy Metals 369
Chapter 25: Infectious Disorders 437
Chapter 26: Neurodegenerative, Movement, and Related Disorders 459
Chapter 27: Vascular Dementia 479
Chapter 28: Developmental, Neurocutaneous, and Other Disorders Typically Presenting in Childhood or Adolescence 483
Chapter 29: Autoimmune and Demyelinating Diseases 513
Chapter 30: Vascular Disorders 531
Chapter 31: Prion Diseases 543
Chapter 32: Hydrocephalus 557
Chapter 33: Brain Tumors 559
Chapter 34: Amnestic Disorders 565
Chapter 35: Stuporous Catatonia 571
Chapter 36: Episodic Violence 573
Chapter 37: Primary Psychiatric Disorders 579
Chapter 38: Sleep Disorders 597
Chapter 39: Transcranial Stimulation 609
Index 619