Clinical Electrophysiology - A Handbook For Neurologists

Writing for residents, neurology attendings, and intensive care specialists, Kaplan and Nguyen (neurology, Johns Hopkins U.) provide a brief guide on the use of electrophysiological testing for acutely ill patients who don't immediately yield a diagnosis. They explain the range of symptoms and electrophysiological results and how putting them together provides better diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic conclusions. Focusing on the inpatient clinical setting and excluding those problems mostly found in outpatient clinics, chapters are organized by presenting problem, including central nervous system disorders, seizures, prolonged unresponsiveness, and peripheral nervous system disease, with information on possible results, their interpretation, EEGs, and a section of cases. They exclude chronic neuropathies, palsies, Parkinson's disease, most genetic conditions, and conditions needing other types of tests. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Peter W. Kaplan, MD, FRCP, Professor of Neurology, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Thien Nguyen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD