Absolute Epilepsy and EEG Rotation Review, 1st ed. 2019 Essentials for Trainees

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. 

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

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

Provides trainees with the most essential information needed for their epilepsy/ EEG rotation

Concise, easy-to-read

Written for neurology residents, clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy fellows and clinicians treating patients with epilepsy