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The new wave in neurodiagnostics: time to bring EEG to the emergency department
Emergency electroencephalography (EEG) is indicated in the diagnosis and management of non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) underlying an alteration in the level of consciousness. NCSE is a...
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IONM in Cervical Spine Surgery: A Complete Waste of Resources without Added...
Could neuromonitoring in cervical spine surgery be a complete waste of resources? By now, our reader must be well aware that this blog is designed to promote the use of intraoperative...
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Sugammadex administration improves neuromonitoring in spinal cord surgery
When neuromonitoring is used, baseline MEPs are important because by comparing them with all motor responses that follow, we can identify neurological problems. Patients should be completely reversed...
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H Wave and Spinal Root Potentials in Neuromonitoring: S1 Root Function during...
Croat Med J. 2006 April; 47(2): 298–304. PMCID: PMC2080401 H Wave and Spinal Root Potentials in Neuromonitoring of S1 Root Function during Evacuation of Herniated Disc: Preliminary Results Matej...
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Yield of intermittent versus continuous EEG in comatose survivors of cardiac...
Vincent Alvarez, Alba Sierra-Marcos, Mauro Oddo and Andrea O Rossetti Critical Care 2013, 17:R190 doi:10.1186/cc12879 Published: 4 September 2013 Abstract (provisional) Introduction...
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Hypoglossal nerve IONM – potential application in head & neck surgery
Intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) has many applications in different surgical fields. In head and neck surgery, IONM has been used to perform surgery of the parotid, thyroid and parathyroid...
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New IONM Book – Principles of Neurophysiological Assessment, Mapping, and...
New IONM book coming out at the end of the year. Useful for corporate training programs and board review. Comprehensive anatomy chapter with all the anatomy you need to know to begin your career in...
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Failure to Monitor Cervical Spine Surgery with MEP a Common Reason for Lawsuit
From: The need to add motor evoked potential monitoring to somatosensory and electromyographic monitoring in cervical spine surgery * Intraoperative neural monitoring (IONM), utilizing somatosensory...
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Intraoperative Neuromonitoring – The Essential Guide Released
A new 416 page IONM text published by McGraw-Hill appeared on bookshelves December 13, 2013. Intraoperative Neuromonitoring by co-editors Christopher Loftus, Jose Biller , Eli Baron. Loftus is chair...
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New Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Technique for Implantation of Thoracic...
“In this study, a 10-mA threshold had an 88% chance of detecting a clinically relevant medial breach (2 or more millimeters) by an implanted screw and a 15-mA threshold increased that chance to 100%...
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