Main description:

This book provides foundational knowledge of intraoperative monitoring (IOM) and is written for the range of clinicians who monitor the function of the nervous system during surgery, from new technologists to neurophysiologists and neurosurgeons. Early chapters describe the building blocks of IOM in accessible terms and are followed by practical chapters on monitoring and mapping that show basic and clinical science “in action”. Anesthesiologists and trainees with an interest in diagnosing and managing pain will appreciate the inclusion of chapters on the electrophysiological assessment of spinal cord pathology and on the treatment of pain.

Principles of Neurophysiological Assessment, Mapping, and Monitoring is designed for use as a text in academic courses or in corporate training programs. It also provides a concise refresher for experienced clinicians and for physicians, neurophysiologists, and technologists preparing for board exams.

Feature:

Clear and comprehensive coverage of clinically relevant anatomy and physiology

Practical chapters build on foundational material

Organized for classroom use or self-study

Back cover:

This book provides foundational knowledge of intraoperative monitoring (IOM) and is written for the range of clinicians who monitor the function of the nervous system during surgery, from new technologists to neurophysiologists and neurosurgeons.  Early chapters describe the building blocks of IOM in accessible terms and are followed by practical chapters on monitoring and mapping that show basic and clinical science “in action”.  Anesthesiologists and trainees with an interest in diagnosing and managing pain will appreciate the inclusion of chapters on the electrophysiological assessment of spinal cord pathology and on the treatment of pain.

Principles of Neurophysiological Assessment, Mapping, and Monitoring is designed for use as a text in academic courses or in corporate training programs.  It also provides a concise refresher for experienced clinicians and for physicians, neurophysiologists, and technologists preparing for board exams.

Contents:

1. Introduction to the Operating Room.- 2. Anatomy of Intraoperative Monitoring.- 3. Cellular Neurophysiology.- 4. Electrophysiology and Bioinstrumentation.- 5. Anesthesiology and Intraoperative Electrophysiological Monitoring.- 6. Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring.- 7. Motor Evoked Potentials.- 8. Electromyography (EMG).- 9. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials.- 10. Electroencephalography.- 11. The H-Reflex and F-Response.- 12. Monitoring Procedures of the Spine.- 13. Intraoperative Monitoring for Surgery of the Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina.- 14. Monitoring Posterior Fossa Craniotomies.- 15. Intraoperative Monitoring for Carotid Endarterectomy.- 16. Monitoring for ENT Procedures.- 17. Peripheral Nerve Monitoring.- 18. Intraoperative Cortical Mapping: Basic Concepts, Indications, and Anesthesia Considerations.- 19. Neurological Assessment and Correlation in Spinal Cord Nerve Root Pathology.- 20. Electrophysiological Assessment of Spinal Cord Pathology in Pain Medicine.- 21. Spinal Cord Stimulation: Principles and Applications.- 22. New Vistas: Small-Pain-Fibers Method of Testing for Spinal Cord Assessment in Pain States.