Clinical Electroencephalography (Hardcover)

This book presents a thorough and systematic exposition of the various dimensions of electroencephalography. It emphasizes direct bedside application in different areas.

Among the wide spectrum of topics covered, the book highlights the historical aspects, basic and technical details, methodological issues and interpretation and application in different areas.

The book also provides exhaustive chapters on the role of EEG in paediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and epilepsy surgery which make the presentation relevant for a number of specialists besides neurologists.

The text is amply illustrated by a large number of diagrams, photographs, charts and tables.

All these features make this book and ideal text for students and practitioners of neurology. Other specialists, who often have to conduct and interpret EEG, would also find this book to be a useful and reliable reference source.

Table of Contents
1. Electroencephalography: A Historical Perspective
2. Technical Aspects of Eeg Recording and Reporting
3. Normal Electroencephalogram
4. Artefacts and Benign Eeg Variants
5. Eplieptiform and Non-Epileptiform Paroxysmal Eeg Abnormalities
6. Electroencephalography in Epilepsy
7. Electroencephalography in Paediatric Practice
8. Electroencephalography in Status Epilepticus
9. Electroencephalography in Brain Tumours and Focal Brain Lesions
10. Electroencephalography in Central Nervous System Infections and Infestations
11. Electroencephalography in Dementia and Degenerative Diseases
12. Electroencephalography in Metabolic Disorders
13. Electroencephalography in Coma and Brain Death
14. Electroencephalography in Psychiatric Diseases
15. Electroencephalography in Obstetric Disorders
16. Video Electroencephalography
17. The Role of Eeg In the Presurgical Evaluation of Epilepsy Patients
18. Overview of Eeg: Use and Abuse