Anesthesiology Board Review Pearls of Wisdom 3/E

by Sudharma Ranasinghe, Kerri M. Wahl, Eric Harris, David J. Lubarsky

Overview

Maximize your anesthesiology exam score!

This powerful, results-oriented study guide delivers everything you need to improve your knowledge, confidence, and recall. Featuring a rigorous quick-hit Q&A format consisting of short clinical questions with briefanswers, this is truly your most effective weapon when preparing for the anesthesiology in-service and board exams.

The unique question and single-answer format of Anesthesiology Board Review eliminates theguesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the answers you need to know on exam day. With content following the anesthesiology board exam blueprint, emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam success. Thishigh-yield review is the perfect complement to larger texts and delivers an intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before the exam.

• 3,500+ rapid-fire questions covering more than 95 percent of the key words from 2006 to 2011
• NEW questions throughout the book with thoroughly updated chapters
• NEW chapter organization aligns with exam blueprint to streamline studying
• Great review for ITE, the Anesthesiology Boards, and MOCA

GET THE HIGHEST SCORE POSSIBLE WITH:

BULL'S-EYE HITS on anesthesiology exam topics--the meaningful and the frequently tested

TOOLS TO IMPRINT YOUR MEMORY such as pearls, mnemonics, visual imagery, and other tested learning aids

RAPID-FIRE Q&A PRESENTATION that maximizes your study time

NO CONFUSING WRONG ANSWERS to clutter your memory

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071773638
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/03/2012
Series:	Pearls of Wisdom Medicine
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	430
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr. Sudharma Ranasinghe is Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Assistant Director of Obstetric Anesthesia at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.

Kerri M. Wahl, MD, FRCP(C)is Associate Clinical Professor, Chief of the GVTCCM Division, and Chief of Transplant Services at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.

David A. Lubarsky, M.D. is a professor and chairman in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida

Table of Contents

ACID BASE, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES ALLERGIC REACTIONS ANESTHESIA RISKS ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY BLOOD THERAPY CARDIAC SURGERY CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT CAUDAL, EPIDURAL AND SPINAL ANESTHESIA CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE EENT SURGERY ENDOCRINE GENITOURINARY AND RENAL SURGERY GERIATRIC PATIENTS GI DISORDERS AND OBESITY HEMOSTASIS HYPOTHERMIA INHALATION AGENTS INTUBATION LIVER SURGERY LOCAL ANESTHETICS MACHINES MUSCLE RELAXANTS NEONATAL ANESTHESIA NEUROSURGERY NONOPIOIDS INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETICS OBSTETRICS OPIOIDS ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY OUTPATIENT SURGERY PATIENT POSITIONING PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS PHARMACOGENETICS PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS AND ANESTHESIA POSTOPERATIVE RECOVERY AND OUTCOME PERIOPERATIVE EVALUATION RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY AND ANESTHESIA THORACIC SURGERY TRANSPLANT SURGERY BIBLIOGRAPHY