EEG ABNORMAL WAVEFORMS

Course overview

ABNORMAL WAVEFORMS SEEN ON AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) RECORDING INCLUDE EPILEPTIFORM AND NON-EPILEPTIFORM ABNORMALITIES. IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ABNORMAL WAVEFORMS INDICATIVE OF DISEASE ON AN EEG, THE READER SHOULD HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE NORMAL EEG PATTERN IN VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL STATES IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHER IS EXPECTED TO HAVE THE SIGNIFICANT SKILLS TO RECOGNIZE ARTIFACTS, AND ALSO HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF NORMAL BENIGN VARIANTS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ABNORMAL WAVEFORMS IN EEG RECORDINGS TO HELP REVIEW THESE ABNORMALITIES FOR THE CLINICAL PROVIDER AND IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES.