Standards
Publishers
There are as yet very few online or traditionally published standards, guidelines and protocols in Clinical Neurophysiology from UK sources.
| AANEM | American Association of NeuroMuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine Minimonographs - published in Muscle and Nerve. : http://www.aanem.org/practiceissues/positionstatements/positionstatements.cfm, Practice Parameters: www.aanem.net/aanem/practice_issues_statements/practice_parameters.cfm, Technology Reviews: www.aanem.net/aanem/practice_issues_statements/technology_reviews/technology_reviews.cfm, Practice Guidelines: http://www.aanem.org/practiceissues/practiceguidelines/practiceguideline... |
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| AAN |
American Academy of Neurology |
| AES |
American Epilepsy Society |
| BSCN |
British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology |
| CNS | Child Neurology Society Web www.childneurologysociety.org/ |
| EPTA | The Electrophysiological Technologist's Association Web epta.50megs.com/ |
| IFCN | International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology Standards: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/doc/standard.htm |
| ISCEV | International Society for the Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision Standards: www.iscev.org/standards/index.html |
| NHS | |
| NGC | National Guideline Clearinghouse (US) The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR]), in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP). The NGC mission is to provide physicians, nurses, and other health professionals, health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery systems, purchasers and others an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation and use. Web: www.guidelines.gov |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health There are on and offline versions of the Consensus Statements.Web: www.nih.gov/ Consensus Development Program: consensus.nih.gov/ |
| HPA | Health Protection Agency (replaced the Public Health laboratory Service) |
| Resus | Resuscitation Council (UK) |
Standards
I have included some areas where I have specifically sought guidelines and not found them.
EEG
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| IFCN | Y | Marc R. Nuwer (USA), Giancarlo Comi (Italy), Ronald Emerson (USA), Anders Fuglsand-Fredericksen (Denmark), Jean-Michel Guerit (Belgium), Herman Hinrichs( Germany), Akio Ikeda (Japan), Francisco Jose Luccas (Brazil), Peter Rapplesberger (Austria). IFCN Standards for digital recording of clinical EEG. EEG & CN 106 (1998) 259-261. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/106_259.pdf |
| NGC | No guidelines published for presurgical evaluation of epilepsy or for telemetry in general. (Search on NGC, 4 March 2001) | |
| NIH | Surgery for Epilepsy. NIH Consens Statement Online 1990 Mar 19-21 [cited year month day];8(2):1-20. Web: http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/077/077_intro.htm | |
| AAN | Digital EEG, Quantitative EEG and EEG Brain Mapping. Web : www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0006.pdf (July 1997) | |
| AAN | EEG/Video Monitoring for Epilepsy. (August 1989) No longer on website | |
| EPTA | Digital EEG Check/Calibration Guidelines Web: epta.50megs.com/resources/cg/digi_cal_eeg.pdf |
EMG and motor control
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| AAEM | ? | Guidelines for Establishing a Quality Assurance Program in an Electrodiagnostic Laboratory. Web: www.aanem.net/aanem/position_statements/QAProgramGL.cfm |
| AAEM | ? | Guidelines for Ethical Behavior Relating to Clinical Practice Issues in Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Web: www.aanem.net/aanem/position_statements/guidelines_for_ethical_behavior_.cfm |
| AAEM | ? | Electrodiagnostic Testing of Pregnant Women. Web: www.aanem.net/aanem/position_statements/EDXPregnancy.cfm |
| AAEM | ? | Practice Parameter for Electrodiagnostic Studies in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Summary Statement. Web: www.aanem.net/aanem/practice_issues_statements/practice_parameters/cts_practice_parameter.cfm |
| AAEM | ? | Practice Parameter for Needle Electromyographic Evaluation of Patients With Suspected Cervical Radiculopathy: Summary Statement. Web: www.aanem.net/aanem/practice_issues_statements/practice_parameters/cervical_practice_parameter.cfm |
| AAEM | ? | Practice Parameter For Electrodiagnostic Studies in Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow: Summary Statement. Web: www.aanem.net/aanem/practice_issues_statements/practice_parameters/ulnar_practice_parameter.cfm |
| AAN | Quantitative sensory testing Web: www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/quantitative_sensory.pdf | |
| IFCN | Y | J. Kimura (Japan), J. Daube (USA), D. Burke (Australia), M. Hallett (USA), G. Cruccu (Italy), B. Ongerboer de Visser (The Netherlands), N. Yanagisawa (Japan), M. Shimamura (Japan), J. Rothwell (UK). Human reflexes and late responses. EEG & CN 90 (1994) 393-403. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/90_393.pdf |
| IFCN | Y | M. Hallett (USA), A. Berardelli (Italy), P. Delwaide (Belgium), H. Freund (Germany), J. Kimura (Japan), C. Lücking (Germany), J. Rothwell (UK), B. Shahani (USA), N. Yanagisawa (Japan). Central EMG and tests of motor control. EEG & CN 90 (1994) 404-432. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/90_404.pdf |
| IFCN | Y | P. Rossini (Italy), A.T. Barker (UK), A. Berardelli (Italy), M. Caramia (Italy), G. Caruso (Italy), R. Cracco (USA), M. Dimitrijevic (USA), M. Hallett (USA), C. Lucking (Germany), A. Maertens de Noordhout (Belgium), C. Marsden (UK), N. Murray (UK), J. Rothwell (UK), M. Swash (UK), C. Tomberg (Belgium). Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain spinal cord and roots) basic principles and procedures for routine clinical application. EEG & CN 91 (1994) 79-92. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/91_79.pdf |
| AAN | Surface EMG, Clinical Utility of. Web : www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0095.pdf (July 2000) | |
| EPTA | Digital EMG/EP Check/Calibration Guidelines Web:epta.50megs.com/resources/cg/digi_cal_ep.pdf | |
| BSCN | Recommendations for Common Peripheral Neurophysiological procedures Guidelines: www.bscn.org.uk/Documents/Guidelines2006.htm See also: Guidelines for Common Peripheral Neurophysiological procedures Introduction:www.bscn.org.uk/Documents/Guidelines_Introductory_statement.htm |
Evoked Potentials
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| AAN | ? | Evoked Potentials in Identifying Clinically Silent Lesions in Patients with Suspected MS, The Usefulness of (May 2000). : www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0076.pdf |
Visual system
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| ISCEV | Y | Marmor MF, Zrenner E. Standard for clinical electroretinography (1999 update). Doc Ophthalmol 1998;97:143-156. Web: www.iscev.org/standards/erg1999.htm |
| ISCEV | Y | Marmor MF, Zrenner E. Standard for clinical electro-oculography. Doc Ophthalmol 1993;85:115-124. Web: www.iscev.org/standards/eog.html |
| ISCEV | Y | Marmor MF. Standardization notice: EOG standard reapproved. Doc Ophthalmol 1998;95:92-92. |
| ISCEV | Y | Bach M, Hawlina M, Holder GE, Marmor M, Meigen T, Vaegan, Miyake Y. Standard for Pattern Electroretinography. Doc Ophthalmol Doc Ophthalmol 2000;101:11-18. Web: www.iscev.org/standards/perg.html |
| ISCEV | Y | Harding GFA, Odom JV, Spileers W, Spekreijse H. Standard for visual evoked potentials. Vision Res 1996;36:3567-3572. |
| ISCEV | Y | Visual Electrodiagnostics: A Guide To Procedures. Commissioned by the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV), to assist practitioners and administrators. Web: www.iscev.org/standards/proceduresguide.html |
| IFCN | Y | G. Celesia (USA), I. Bodis-Wollner (USA), G. Chatrian (USA), G. Harding (UK), S. Sokol (USA), H. Spekreijse (The Netherlands). Recommended standards for electroretinograms and visual evoked potentials. EEG & CN 87 (1993) 421-436. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/87_421.pdf |
| ISCEV | Y | Brigell M, Bach M, Barber C, Kawasaki K, Kooijman A. Guidelines for calibration of stimulus and recording parameters used in clinical electrophysiology of vision. Doc Ophthalmol 1998;95:1-14. Web: www.iscev.org/standards/cal.html |
| AAN | Electronystagmography. Web : www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0037.pdf (June 1996) |
Somato-Sensory system
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| AAEM | ? | Guidelines for Somatosensory Evoked Potentials. Web: www.aanem.net/aanem/practice_issues_statements/practice_parameters/sepguidelines.cfm |
| AAEM | ? | Somatosensory Evoked Potentials: Clinical Uses. Web: www.aanem.net/aanem/practice_issues_statements/practice_parameters/sepclinicaluses.cfm |
| IFCN | Y | M. Nuwer (USA), M. Aminoff (USA), J. Desmedt (Belgium), A. Eisen (Canada), D. Goodin (USA), S. Matsuoka (Japan), F. Maugiere (France), H. Shibasaki (Japan), W. Sutherling (USA), J.-F. Vilbert (France). IFCN recommended standards for short latency somatosensory evoked potentials. EEG & CN 91 (1994) 6-11. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/91_6.pdf |
| AAN | Dermatomal Somatosensory Evoked Potentials. Web : www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0004.pdf (October 1997) |
Auditory System
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| IFCN | Y | M. Nuwer (USA), M. Aminoff (USA), D. Goodin (USA), S. Matsuoka (Japan), F. Maugiere (France), A. Starr (USA), J.-F. Vibert (France). IFCN recommended standards for brainstem auditory evoked potentials. EEG & CN 91 (1994) 12-17. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/91_12.pdf |
| IFCN | Y | D. Goodin (USA), J. Desmedt (Belgium), K. Maurer (Germany), M. Nuwer (USA). IFCN recommended standards for long-latency auditory event related potentials. EEG & CN 91 (1994) 18-20. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/91_18.pdf |
Paediatric Practice
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| AAN, AES, CNS | D. Hirtz; S. Ashwal; A. Berg; D. Bettis; C. Camfield; P. Camfield; P. Crumrine; R. Elterman; S. Schneider; and S. Shinnar Evaluating a first nonfebrile seizure in children. NEUROLOGY 2000;55:616–623http://www.childneurologysociety.org/lnk_001.asp?lss=13 |
Basic Mechanisms
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| IFCN | Y | M. Sato (USA), R. Racine (Canada), D. McIntyre (Canada). Kindling: basic mechanisms and clinical validity. EEG & CN 76 (1990) 459-472. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/76_459.pdf |
| IFCN | Y | M. Steriade (Canada), P. Gloor (Canada), R.R. Llinas (USA), F. Lopes da Silva (The Netherlands), M. Mesulam (USA.). Basic mechanisms of cerebral rhythmic activities. EEG & CN 76 (1990) 481-408. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/76_481.pdf |
Monitoring
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| IFCN | Y | M. Nuwer (USA), J. Daube (USA), C. Fischer (France), J. Schramm (Germany), C. Yingling (USA). Neuromonitoring during surgery. EEG & CN 87 (1993) 263-276. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/87_263.pdf |
| IFCN | Y | G.-E. Chatrian (USA), B. Bergamasco (Italy), A. Bricolo (Italy), J. Frost (USA), P. Prior (UK). IFCN recommended standards for electrophysiologic monitoring in comatose and other unresponsive states. EEG & CN 99 (1996) 103-126. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/99_103.pdf |
| IFCN | Y | J. Engel (USA), J. Burchfield (USA), J. Ebersole (USA), J. Gates (Canada), J. Gotman (Canada), R. Homan (USA), J. Ives (USA), D. King (USA), J. Lieb (USA), S. Sato (USA), R. Wilkus (USA). Long-term monitoring for epilepsy. EEG & CN 87 (1993) 437-458. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/87_437.pdf |
| AAN | Intraoperative Neurophysiology. Web: www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0039.pdf (November 1990) |
Signal Analysis
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| IFCN | Y | M. Nuwer (USA), D. Lehmann (Switzerland), F.H. Lopes da Silva (The Netherlands), S. Matsuoka (Japan), W. Sutherling (USA), J.-F. Vilbert (France). IFCN guidelines for topographic and frequency analysis of EEGs and EPs. EEG & CN 91 (1994) 1-5. Web: www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sah/ifcn/pdf/91_1.pdf |
Other Neurophysiology
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| AAN | Clinical Autonomic Testing. Web: www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0001.pdf (March 1996) | |
| AAN | Vestibular Testing Techniques in Adults and Children. Web www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0032.pdf (November 2000) | |
| AAN | Magnetoencephalography. Web: www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0040.pdf (January 1992) | |
| AAN | Positron Emission Tomography. (February 1991) No longer on website | |
| AAN | SPECT. (January 1996) No longer on website | |
| AAN | Sleep Disorders, Techniques in the Diagnosis and Management of. Web : swww.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0052.pdf (February 1992) | |
| NIH | Infantile Apnea and Home Monitoring. NIH Consens Statement Online 1986 Sep 29-Oct 1 [cited year month day];6(6):1-10. Web: http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/058/058_intro.htm | |
| NIH | Differential Diagnosis of Dementing Diseases. NIH Consens Statement Online 1987 Jul 6-8 [cited year month day];6(11):1-27. Web: odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/063/063_intro.htm | |
| NIH | The Treatment of Sleep Disorders of Older People. NIH Consens Statement Online 1990 Mar 26-28 [cited year month day];8(3):1-22. Web: odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/078/078_intro.htm | |
| NIH | Clinical Use of Botulinum Toxin. NIH Consens Statement Online 1990 Nov 12-14 [cited year month day];8(8):1-20. Web: odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/083/083_intro.htm | |
| NIH | Early Identification of Hearing Impairment in Infants and Young Children. NIH Consens Statement Online 1993 Mar 1-3 [cited year month day];11(1):1-24. Web: odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/092/092_intro.htm | |
| NIH | Rehabilitation of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury. NIH Consens Statement Online 1998 Oct 26-28; [cited year, month, day]; 16(1): 1-41. Web: odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/109/109_intro.htm | |
| NIH | Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. NIH Consens Statement Online 1998 Nov 16-18; [cited year, month, day]; 16(2): 1-37. Web: odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/110/110_intro.htm |
Medical Practice
| Publisher | Peer Review |
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| Resus | Standards for training and retaining staff, as well as resuscitaiton procedures. Web: www.resus.org.uk | |
| HPA | Deliberate Releases (of chemical and biological agents)Limited references to EMG Web: www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/deliberate_release/defaultDAR.htm |
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