Focusing on the technical aspects of clinical neurophysiologic testing, Practical Guide for Clinical Neurophysiologic Testing: EP, LTM/ccEEG, IOM, PSG, and NCS/EMG 2nd Edition, offers comprehensive guidance on neurophysiologic testing that picks up where the companion Practical Guide for Clinical Neurophysiologic Testing: EEG ends. Dr. Thoru Yamada and Elizabeth Meng provide advanced content on evoked potentials, intraoperative monitoring, long-term EEG monitoring, epilepsy monitoring, sleep studies, and nerve conduction studies. All chapters have been updated to incorporate recent advancements and new studies and articles.
Offers a straightforward approach to clinical neurophysiologic testing, with concise, readable text, test readouts, and sample cases, as well as videos and interactive questions online

Provides extensive coverage of evoked potentials, including visual, brainstem auditory, and somatosensory EPs

Contains new chapters on Brain Function Monitoring for Carotid Endarterectomy and Aortic Arch Surgery, Invasive EEG Monitoring and Imagining for Epilepsy Surgery, and Nerve Conduction and Electromyography Studies


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Contributors v
Foreword vii
Preface viii
Section 1: Evoked Potentials 1
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Principles of Evoked Potentials 3
MALCOLM YEH, THORU YAMADA, AND ELIZAbETH MENG
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Visual Evoked Potentials 15
THORU YAMADA, MALCOLM YEH, AND ELIZAbETH MENG
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brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials and Auditory Evoked Potentials 34
THORU YAMADA, MALCOLM YEH, AND ELIZAbETH MENG
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Somatosensory Evoked Potentials 55
MALCOLM YEH, THORU YAMADA, AND ELIZAbETH MENG
Section 2: Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring 89
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The Technologist’s Role in Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring 91
JADA FRANCK, THOMAS WIERSEMA, AND MARJORIE TUCKER
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brain Function Monitoring for Carotid Endarterectomy and Aortic Arch Surgery 103
THORU YAMADA AND ELIZAbETH MENG
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Spinal Cord Monitoring 142
GLORIA M. GALLOWAY
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Intraoperative Monitoring of the brainstem and Cranial Nerve Function 166
GLORIA M. GALLOWAY
Section 3: Long-Term EEG Monitoring 171
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Diagnostic Video-EEG Monitoring for Epilepsy and Spells: Indications, Application, and
Interpretation 173
ERIK ST. LOUIS
Contents 10
Invasive Video EEG Monitoring in Epilepsy Surgery Candidates: Indications, Technique,
and Interpretation 196
RICARDO AMORIM LEITE AND MARK A. GRANNER
11
Long-Term bedside EEG Monitoring for Acutely Ill Patients (LTM/ccEEG) 210
THORU YAMADA, RUP K. SAINJU, AND GENA GHEARING
Section 4: Sleep Studies 261
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Technology of Polysomnography 263
CHRISTINE L. GLENN
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Sleep Physiology and Pathology 287
MARK ERIC DYKEN AND KYOUNG bIN IM
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Sleep Apnea and Related Conditions 305
SIKAWAT THANAVIRATANANICH AND RONALD D. CHERVIN
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Evaluating Narcolepsy and Related Conditions 319
JON TIPPIN
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Parasomnias 327
MARK ERIC DYKEN AND DEbORAH C. LIN-DYKEN
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Electrophysiological Measurement and Rules for Sleep-Related Movement Disorders 345
SIKAWAT THANAVIRATANANICH AND ARTHUR S. WALTERS
Section 5: Nerve Conduction Studies 357
18
Nerve Conduction and Electromyography Studies 359
WENDY SEbETKA AND LEIGHA RIOS
Index 375