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Sleep Medicine is a field that attracts physicians from a variety
of clinical backgrounds. As a result, the majority of sleep
specialists who interpret sleep studies (PSG) do not have
specialized training in neurophysiology and electroencephalography
(EEG) interpretation. Given this and the fact that PSGs usually are
run at a third of the speed of EEGs and that they usually have a
limited array of electrodes, waveforms frequently appear different
on the PSGs compared to the EEGs. This can lead to challenges
interpreting certain unusual looking activity that may or may not
be pathological. This Atlas of Electroencephalograpy in Sleep
Medicine is extensively illustrated and provides an array of
examples of normal waveforms commonly seen on PSG, in addition to
normal variants, epileptiform and non-epileptiform abnormalities
and common artifacts. This resource is divided into five main
sections with a range of topics and chapters per section. The
sections cover Normal Sleep Stages; Normal Variants; Epileptiform
Abnormalities; Non-epileptiform Abnormalities; and Artifacts. Each
example includes a brief description of each EEG together with its
clinical significance, if any. Setting the book apart from others
in the field is the following feature: Each EEG discussed consists
of three views of the same page -- one at a full EEG montage with
30mm/sec paper speed, the same montage at 10mm/sec (PSG speed) and
a third showing the same thing at 10 mm/sec, but with the
abbreviated PSG montage. Unique and the first resource of its kind
in sleep medicine, the Atlas of Electroencephalograpy in Sleep
Medicine will greatly assist those physicians and sleep specialists
who read PSGs to identify common and unusual waveforms on EEG as
they may appear during a sleep study and serve as a reference for
them in that capacity.
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