Critical Care EEG Basics

Easy to read and well-illustrated, this unique guidebook is written for acute care providers of all backgrounds and skill levels, who may be unfamiliar with basic EEG concepts and dependent on reading EEG reports or remote interpretations. This guide introduces the basics of critical care EEG with an emphasis on the skill of real-time bedside EEG reading (pattern recognition). It is presented in two parts using case-based approaches and is full of clinical tips. Readers will become familiar with common critical care EEG patterns, their significance, and management with relevant reasoning. They will also learn how to make basic bedside EEG interpretations to supplement their clinical neurological exam and better collaborate with EEG readers. A dedicated chapter on quantitative EEG explains this important modality. In short, this book enables the use of critical care EEG as a powerful extension to the clinical assessment of critically ill patients.

• A concise and easy to read guide explaining the often-daunting concepts of critical care EEG in simple language for acute care providers, more relevant than ever given the significant expansion of EEG utilization in acute care setting
• Simplifies and disseminates the latest standardized critical care EEG terminology, introduced by the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), in a practical and easy to understand format, helping “non-experts” to understand it and better help their patients
• With an emphasis on bedside EEG reading throughout, the book is designed to enable readers to quickly recognize common critical care EEG patterns of concern, and to supplement bedside examination