How to Read an EEG

Neville M. Jadeja is an American board-certified neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist, and epileptologist at the Umass Chan Medical School. He is the co-author of Critical Care EEG Basics (Cambridge University Press, February 2024). He completed fellowships in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Jadeja enjoys reading EEGs and teaching this skill to trainees. Now in its second edition, this book reflects his concise, easy-to-use, step-wise approach.

• Part I. Basics: 1. Introduction; 2. Polarity and Montages; 3. Localization; 4. Frequency and Rhythm; 5. Maturation; 6. Normal Adult EEG; Part II. Interpretation: 7. Approach to EEG Reading; 8. Describing Abnormalities; 9. Artifacts; 10. Normal Variants; 11. Sporadic Abnormalities; 12. Repetitive Abnormalities; 13. Ictal Patterns (electrographic seizures); 14. Activation Procedures; Part III. Specific Conditions: 15. Seizure mimics; 16. Types of Seizures; 17. Epilepsy; 18. Epilepsy Syndromes; 19. Lesions and Encephalopathy; 20. Status Epilepticus; 21. Post Cardiac Arrest.