Anesthesiology Board Review Pearls of Wisdom 3/E

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

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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:	9780071761451
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/10/2012
Series:	Pearls of Wisdom Medicine Series
Edition description:	3rd Revised ed.
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

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

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.

Dr. Sudharma Ranasinghe, MD, FFARCSI is Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Assoc Director of Obstetric Anesthesia at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida.

Kerri M. Wahl, MD, FRCP(C) is Associate Clinical Professor, Chief of General, Vascular, High-Risk, Trauma, Transplant and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Chief of Transplant Services, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Eric A. Harris, MD, MBA is Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Management at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida.

David A. Lubarsky, MD, MBA is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida.

Table of Contents

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