Contents
1 EEG basics
1.1 Electrode nomenclature, polarity, referential vs. bipolar montages
1.2 Normal EEG: awake and asleep
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2 EEG in encephalopathy
2.1 Nonspecific patterns of encephalopathy
2.2 Patterns suggesting specific diagnoses
2.3 Findings in specific clinical scenarios
2.4 Medication effects
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3 Seizures and status epilepticus
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4 Periodic discharges and other controversial EEG patterns
4.1 PLEDs, BIPLEDs, GPEDs and triphasic waves
4.2 SIRPIDs
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5 EEG in cerebrovascular disease
5.1 Ischemia
5.2 Hemorrhage
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6 Artifacts that can mimic seizures or other physiologic patterns
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7 Prolonged EEG monitoring and quantitative EEG techniques for detecting seizures and ischemia
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8 Evoked and event-related potentials in the ICU
8.1 Median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials
8.2 Brainstem auditory evoked potentials
8.3 Flash visual evoked potentials
8.4 Event-related potentials
References
Appendix The Critical Care Monitoring Committee of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society’s proposed standardized nomenclature for rhythmic and periodic EEG patterns encountered in the ICU: March 2009 version
Index
