Epilepsy and Intensive Care Monitoring: Principles and Practice

Epilepsy and Intensive Care Monitoring was developed to address this concern. This practical volume contains detailed chapters covering all areas of clinical epilepsy monitoring. Featuring expert authors from major epilepsy centers, this seminal work reviews all current procedures and applications for monitoring adults and children with epilepsy in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and the ICU.

Opening sections are devoted to indications, procedures, administrative considerations, and technical aspects of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and ICU monitoring, followed by dedicated sections on EEG diagnosis and localization and monitoring of neurological disorders in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and ICU. The book concludes with special procedures and an Appendix with guidelines for organizing epilepsy monitoring centers and technical aspects of EEG monitoring.

Key Features include

• Covers both adult and pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and ICU monitoring
• Contains over 235 high-quality EEGs and other illustrations, including an 8-page color section
• Comprehensive coverage no other book in this area has comparable breadth and depth
• Clinical Focus Expert authors tell you when and how to perform the procedures they discuss

Bruce J Fisch, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program and Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.