RT Book, Section A1 Freeman, Brian S. A1 Berger, Jeffrey S. SR Print(0) ID 1204765883 T1 Neurologic Function Monitors T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part One: BASIC Exam, 2nd Edition YR 2024 FD 2024 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781264285518 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1204765883 RD 2024/10/10 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.