Primer of EEG

INTRODUCTION: THE UTILITY OF THE EEG I.ORGIN AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE EEG 1.Origin of the EEG 2.Technical Considerations a.Electrodes b.Electrode Placement c.Potential Fields d.Amplification e.Bipolar Recording f.Referential Recording g.Montage Selection h.Overview of Electronics I.Calibration II.Display (write-out) III.Sensitivity IV.Low Pass (high frequency) Filters V.High Pass (low frequency) Filters 3.Artifacts II.THE NORMAL EEG 4. The Normal Adult EEG a.The Alpha Rhythm b.Beta Activity c.Theta Activity d.Delta Activity e.Mu Rhythm f.Lambda Waves g.Features of Sleep 5.Special Considerations in Children 6.Special Considerations in the Elderly 7.Activation Procedures a.Hyperventilation b.Intermittent Photic Stimulation c.Sleep Deprivation d.Sedated Sleep 8.Normal Variants and Paroxysmal Phenomena of Uncertain Significance a.Alpha Variants b.Rhythmical Mid-Temporal Discharges (RMTD) c.Wicket Spikes d.Subclinical Rhythmical Electrographic Discharges of Adults (SREDA) e.Small Sharp Spikes f.Phantom Spike-waves g.14 and 6 Positive Spike III.THE ABNORMAL EEG 9.Non-epileptiform Abnormal Patterns a.Focal Slowing b.Diffuse Slowing c.Projected Rhythms d.Periodicity e.Burst-Suppression 10.Epileptiform Patterns a.The Spike b.The Spike-wave Complex c.The sharp wave d.Other Interictal Paroxysmal Waveforms e.Location and Significance of Focal Epileptiform Discharges IV.THE EEG AND EPILEPSY 11.Eight Important Epilepsy Syndromes a.Simple Febrile Convulsions b.Complex Febrile Convulsions c.West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms) d.Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) e.Absence Epilepsy f.Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS) g.Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) h.Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Occipital Paroxysms 12.The Value of the EEG in Epilepsy Prognosis 13.Epilepsy Monitoring a.Prolonged EEG-Video Monitoring b.Ambulatory EEG 14.The EEG in Non-epileptic Seizures of Psychogenic Origin 15.Status Epileptic a.Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus (GCSE) b.Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus (NCSE) V.THE EEG IN OTHER NEUROLOGICAL AND MEICAL CONDITIONS 16.The Dementias a.Alzheimer's Disease b.Multi-infarct Dementia (MID) c.Creuzfeldt-Jakov Disease d.Pick's Disease 17.Stroke a.Ischemic Stroke b.Hemorrhagic Stroke 18.Subdural Hematoma 19.Metabolic Disorders a.General EEG Features b.The Triphasic Wave in Hepatic and Renal Encephalopathies c.Other Metabolic Encephalopathies 20.Coma VI.TIPS ON READING AND REPORTING THE EEG 21.Elements of the Report 22.How to Look at the Record APPENDIX A.THE INFLUENCE OF PHARMACOLOGICAL AGENTS ON THE EEG B. THE ROLE OF THE EEG IN DETERMINGN ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG THERAPY C. GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF GENERALIZED CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS (GCSE) 1.Overt GCSE 2.Subtle GCSE D. GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF NON-CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPITCUS (NCSE) E. CREBRAL DEATH RECORDING