The single-best resource available for learning how to perform and interpret video EEG Companion DVD shows real-time Video EEG in practice! The Atlas of Video-EEG Monitoring explains the essentials of video EEG for use in all settings. This full-color atlas thoroughly covers the basics of performing video EEG for diagnosis along with how to use video EEG for the diagnosis and interpretation of first and/or repeated seizures, during treatment of epilepsy, in the emergency department and intensive care unit, and during surgery. # Features Over 340 full-color images and EEGs # Detailed overview of epileptic seizures, from simple partial seizures and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures to epileptic spasms # In-depth survey of seizure mimics, including psychogenic non-epileptic spells; panic spells; dissociative spells; movement disorders; sleep disorders; and syncope # Thorough review of status epilepticus, including epilepsia partialis continua, non-epileptic movements in coma, and other syndromes # Cutting-edge guidance on intracranial video-EEG monitoring, including placement and interpretation of grid and strip electrodes, and depth electrodes # DVD contains videos linked to EEG patterns in the book?-allowing you to see each problem in real time Joseph I. Sirven, MD Professor of Neurology Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ John M. Stern, MD Professor of Neurology David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Table of contents Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgments PART I: ESSENTIAL ASPECTS 1. Fundamentals of EEG, David Millet and John M. Stern 2. Fundamentals of Digital EEG Recording, Marc R. Nuwer 3. Automated Analysis of EEG, Andrew Gardner, S. Matt Stead, and Greg A. Worrell 4. Fundamentals of Digital Video Recording, Catherine A. Schevon, Edgar R. Toro, and Steven Karceski 5. Establishing a Video-EEG Monitoring Unit, Joseph Drazkowski, Lisa Tapsell, and Luann Helepololei 6. Neurologic Practice in a Video-EEG Monitoring Unit, Jerome Engel Jr. and D. Alan Shewmon 7. Nursing Practice in a Video-EEG Monitoring Unit, Sandra R. Dewar and Mimi Callanan PART II: EPILEPTIC SEIZURES 8. Auras and Other Simple Partial Seizures, John M. Stern 9. Complex Partial Seizures of Temporal Lobe Origin, Scott Mintzer and Christopher T. Skidmore 10. Complex Partial Seizures of Extratemporal Lobe Origin, Ritu Bagla and Michael R. Sperling 11. Secondarily Generalized Seizures, Steve S. Chung and Kent Horne 12. Absence Seizures, Karen M. Stannard, Dennis J. Dlugos, and Tracy Glauser 13. Primary Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Erik K. St. Louis 14. Generalized Tonic Seizures, Joseph Sullivan, Catherine Bakey, and Dennis J. Dlugos 15. Generalized Atonic Seizures, Cornelia Drees and Kevin Chapman 16. Epileptic Myoclonus, John N. Caviness 17. Infantile Spasms, Jason T. Lerner, Joyce H. Matsumoto, and Joyce Y. Wu PART III: MIMICKERS OF SEIZURES 18. Psychogenic Nonepileptic Spells, S. Parrish Winesett and Selim R. Benbadis 19. Panic Spells, Andres M. Kanner 20. Dissociative Spells, Jill M. Zuckerman and Matthew Hoerth 21. Movement Disorders, Vicki L. Shanker and Naomi Lubarr 22. Sleep Disorders, Michael H. Silber 23. Syncope, Maromi Nei and Reginald T. Ho PART IV: STATUS EPILEPTICUS 24. Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus, Katherine H. Noe and Eelco Wijdicks 25. Complex Partial Status Epilepticus, Nathan B. Fountain 26. Absence Status Epilepticus, Katherine Nickels and Elaine Wirrell 27. Epilepsia Partialis Continua, Adam L. Hartman, Peter F. Morrison, and Eileen P. Vining 28. Refractory Status Epilepticus, Jan Claassen and Lawrence J. Hirsch 29. Nonepileptic Movements in Coma, Mauricio Gomez and Chad M. Miller PART V: INTRACRANIAL VIDEO-EEG MONITORING 30. Use and Placement of Depth Electrodes, James Leiphart and Itzhak Fried 31. Interpreting Depth Electrode EEG, Lara M. Schrader and John M. Stern 32. Use and Placement of Grid and Strip Electrodes, Richard S. Zimmerman 33. Interpretation of Chronic Intracranial EEG Monitoring, Gregory D. Cascino and Richard S. Zimmerman Index