TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Neurologic Function Monitors A1 - Freeman, Brian S. A1 - Berger, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2024 N1 - T2 - Anesthesiology Core Review: Part One: BASIC Exam, 2nd Edition AB - Neurophysiologic monitoring is used during surgery to evaluate functional integrity of the central and peripheral nervous system in real-time. The goal of neurophysiologic monitoring is to identify potential neurologic deficits and alert the neurophysiologist, surgeon, and anesthesiologist of an impending injury and allow modifications in surgical interventions to prevent permanent damage and improve patient outcome. Commonly used intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring includes electroencephalogram (EEG), somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP), motor evoked potentials (MEP), and electroneuromyography (EMG). The combination of these techniques can overcome the limitations of each individual method and increase the sensitivity to identifying an insult. It is imperative that the anesthesiologist becomes familiar with these monitoring techniques because several anesthetic drugs can affect the neurophysiological data. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/08 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1204765883 ER -