Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Board Review for Primary and Maintenance of Certification

ISBN-13: 9780199733859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 656 str.

Kai Matthes; Richard Urman; Jesse Ehrenfeld

Opis

Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Review for the Written Boards and Recertification is a high-yield, streamlined study aid. It contains more than 1000 updated, realistic multiple-choice questions tailored to the question content of recent American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) exams. To maximize reading efficiency, key messages are repeated and highlighted in the bullets. While focusing on most-frequently tested keywords by the ABA, this book also covers new "emerging" topics such as patient safety, statistics, and ethics. Well-chosen illustrations and graphs are used to enhance the learning experience. Also novel is a high-yield summary of the 60 most frequently tested topics and concepts to be reviewed just before taking the boards. With this book as guidance, readers will be able to efficiently prepare for the written primary certification or recertification anesthesiology board exam.

Recenzje

Coverage in this book is broad. It contains chapters on: acute and chronic pain, airway equipment, anesthesia and disease states, cardiac anesthesia, complications, high-yield board review topics, inhalational anesthesia, intensive care, neuroanesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, pharmacology, pulmonary physiology, statistics and ethics, thoracic anesthesia, transfusion therapy, transplant anesthesia, and vascular anesthesia... This is an excellent guide with concise questions and answers that make for efficient, time-saving, and really effective review for the anesthesiology board examination.

O autorze

Kai Matthes is Clinical Fellow, Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Richard Urman is Attending Anesthesiologist, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Jesse Ehrenfeld is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.