Scott Francis Davis - Principles of Neurophysiological Assessment, Mapping, and Monitoring

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In the constantly evolving realm of fundamental, translational, and clinical medical sciences, it is imperative that cutting-edge knowledge be synthetized and transmitted clearly and accurately to healthcare providers. This book deals with intraoperative monitoring, a field that has evolved rapidly in the last few decades. Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring has become an important area because it provides functional information in real time during surgery, thus benefiting patients and serving as an essential guideline for surgeons in the prevention of neurological damage. Therefore, multidisciplinary knowledge spanning neurophysiology, anesthesiology, neurology, and neurosurgery is enriching this field, owing to the creation of a two-way channel of communication, from the lab bench to the clinic and from the patient to the lab. This includes monitoring of the electrical activity of the nervous system (auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials and EEG).

That is where this book comes in: Principles of Neurophysiological Assessment, Mapping, and Monitoring, Second Edition . Based on their combined knowledge and experience in intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring and neurophysiology in neurosurgery, Drs. Alan David Kaye and Scott Francis Davis have assembled a textbook that is a well-integrated blend of contemporary fundamental and clinical sciences aimed at clinicians who monitor the function of the nervous system during surgery. Dr. Kaye is an outstanding leader of the academic program in anesthesiology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), New Orleans, and Dr. Davis has distinguished himself, due to his talent, drive, and motivation, since he was a graduate student in the LSUHSC Interdisciplinary Graduate Program.

While there are advanced texts leveled at neurophysiologists, surgeons, and residents alike, there are few that expound upon the basics of intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring in such a way that those just entering the study can understand the underlying principles of this field. At the same time, the way that the materials are presented here also will be very useful to experienced specialists. The contributors to this book provide the brick and mortar that lay the foundations of neurophysiologic monitoring, which will benefit new technologists all the way to neurophysiologists and neurosurgeons. The second edition offers a number of improvements that I know you will enjoy!

Not unlike Wilder Penfield, who pioneered seminal brain mapping studies, this book seeks to provide a comprehensive guide to students just beginning their journey and experts searching for an excellent reference to other aspects of intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring and neurophysiology in neurosurgery.

The second edition of Principles of Neurophysiological Assessment, Mapping, and Monitoring is intended to provide a timely update to the first edition text and continue the mission of educating new neurotechnologists, residents, and physicians in the field of intraoperative monitoring. New chapters on pediatric monitoring and spinal cord mapping and monitoring offer the reader a wealth of knowledge on two scarcely covered topics in IOM. The second edition also contains review questions at the end of many chapters that will help focus the instructor and student on the critical information in each chapter. It is our hope that this text will continue to provide a robust standard introductory curriculum to new practitioners in the exciting and growing field of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.