1st Edition

Making Sense of the Pediatric EEG

Edited By Maria Augusta Montenegro Copyright 2023
374 Pages 292 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

374 Pages 292 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

374 Pages 292 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Most neurologists, fellows, and residents are familiar with adult EEG, but have not developed a similar understanding of pediatric EEG. There are fewer resources covering pediatric electroencephalography and existing books are either too comprehensive or lack the main details that differentiate the EEG in childhood. This accessible text includes the most recent classification and nomenclature... Read more

Preface

About the author

Contributors

Abbreviations and acronyms

1. Basic principles

Michaela A. Castello, Maria Augusta Montenegro and Jong M. Rho

2. Artifacts

Maria Augusta Montenegro

3. Activation procedures

Olivia Kim-McManus and Maria Augusta Montenegro

4. Normal variants

Mark Nespeca and Maria Augusta Montenegro

5. Neonatal EEG

Jeffrey Gold and Maria Augusta Montenegro

6. Normal wakefulness

Aliya Frederick and Maria Augusta Montenegro

7. Normal sleep

Maria Augusta Montenegro

8. Non-epileptiform abnormalities

Brittany Sprigg and Maria Augusta Montenegro

9. Focal epilepsy syndromes

Shifteh Sattar and Maria Augusta Montenegro

10. Generalized epilepsy syndromes

Shifteh Sattar and Maria Augusta Montenegro

11. Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

Maria Augusta Montenegro

12. Ictal classification

Neggy Rismanchi and Maria Augusta Montenegro

13. EEG report

Brittany Sprigg and Maria Augusta Montenegro

Index

Biography

Maria Augusta Montenegro, MD, PhD is a pediatric neurologist/epileptologist originally from Brazil. Following her residency program and PhDshe undertook a post-doctorate fellowship in New York (Columbia University) and Boston (Herscot Center for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex/ MGH). Maria was the chief of pediatric neurology at the University of Campinas (Brazil), and in 2022 she moved to the US to work at Rady Children’s Hospital / UCSD as a pediatric neurologist / epileptologist. Maria has written several books and scientific chapters.