Abstract
Neurophysiological Monitoring during Intensive Care and
Surgery has been prepared by a team of international
experts with a strong multidisciplinary team background
in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, with high standards
of practical technological skills, and extensive
experience in the clinical neurosciences. This innovative
text will enable readers to understand how to undertake
appropriate neurophysiological investigations in the
critical care setting. The book addresses the scientific
principles (biological and technological), recording
techniques, the development of electrical potentials in
normal subjects, and the ways these are disturbed by
trauma, surgery and disease. The impact of digital
technologies and the possibilities of quantification,
statistical treatment and advanced signal processing
techniques have enabled practitioners to work to more
rigorous scientific standards. The increasing
availability of such tools in daily clinical work means
that patients can now benefit from investigations of
known specificity and sensitivity. Growth in clinical
applications is reflected by extended and well-referenced
sections on EEG and EEG analysis, evoked potentials,
nerve conduction studies and electromyographic techniques
used for monitoring during intensive care and surgery.
There are also balanced reviews of the choice of
appropriate techniques for various clinical purposes,
training of staff and medico-legal issues.
Neurophysiological Monitoring during Intensive Care and
Surgery provides a comprehensive guide for practising
anaesthetists, surgeons, and clinical neurophysiologists,
and should be useful to biomedical engineers involved in
design of equipment and also for specialist ICU and
operating room nurses.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Number of pages | 390 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7234-3381-1 |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
MoE publication type | C1 Separate scientific books |
Keywords
- neurophysiologogy
- critical care
- intensive care
- anesthesia
- neuromonitoring