title: Practice guidelines for the supervising professional: intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.
abstract: The American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring (ASNM) was founded in 1988 as the American Society of Evoked Potential Monitoring. From the beginning, the Society has been made up of physicians, doctoral degree holders, technologists, and all those interested in furthering the profession. The Society changed its name to the ASNM and held its first Annual Meeting in 1990. It remains the largest worldwide organization dedicated solely to the scientifically based advancement of intraoperative neurophysiology. The primary goal of the ASNM is to assure the quality of patient care during monitored procedures along the neuraxis. This goal is accomplished through programs in education, advocacy of basic and clinical research, and publication of guidelines. The ASNM is committed to the development of medically sound and clinically relevant guidelines for intraoperative neurophysiology. Guidelines are formulated based on exhaustive literature review, recruitment of expert opinion, and broad consensus among ASNM membership. Input is likewise sought from sister societies and related constituencies. Adherence to a literature-based, formalized process characterizes the construction of all ASNM guidelines. The guidelines covering the Professional Practice of intraoperative monitoring were established by a committee of nearly 30 total participants and ultimately endorsed by the Board of Directors of ASNM on January 24th 2013. That document follows.
authors.forename: Stanley A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Bernard Allan
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: David Eric
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Morledge
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: McAuliffe
authors.forename: John Daniel
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Yingling
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCaffrey
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards*; D064795:Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States
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