Monitoring the Nervous System for Anesthesiologists and Other Health Care Professionals

This authoritative resource, authored by experts Antoun Koht, Tod B. Sloan, and J. Richard Toleikis, serves as the first portable, single-source volume on intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IOM). It is designed for all members of the operative team—including anesthesiologists, technologists, neurophysiologists, surgeons, and nurses—who collaborate to ensure patient safety during procedures that pose risks to the nervous system, such as orthopedic, neurosurgical, otologic, and vascular surgeries. The book offers comprehensive coverage of monitoring techniques, from deep brain stimulation to cortical mapping, and includes 23 case-based examples of various procedures. It emphasizes the importance of team coordination in optimizing monitoring conditions, troubleshooting issues, detecting significant changes in neural signals, and making prompt decisions to guide surgical interventions.