Absolute Epilepsy and EEG Rotation Review. Essentials for Trainees

PART I: EPILEPSY

What is not a Seizure?
Seizures and Epilepsy
Treatment of Seizures
Catamenial Epilepsy

PART II: EEG

Electrode Placement and Montages
Normal EEG
Normal EEG Variants
EEG Artifacts
Activation Procedures
Interictal Abnormal EEG Patterns
Ictal EEG Patterns
Encephalopathies and EEG
Brain Death and EEG

This book contains the most essential information needed for an epilepsy/ EEG rotation. Chapters are formatted with bullet points and feature clinical pearls. Concise and easy-to-read, this quick reference provides neurology residents, clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy fellows, and other clinicians with the most critical information in epilepsy and EEG in a simplified, yet comprehensive format. Divided into two sections, the book first covers the diagnosis, characteristics, and treatment of epilepsy. The second section focuses on EEG placement, procedures, and patterns in various neurological disorders.

Mona Sazgar, MD
Department of Neurology
University of California, Irvine
Orange, CA
USA

Michael Gregory Young, DO
Department of Neurology
Kaiser Permanente
Riverside, CA
USA