Anesthesia Student Survival Guide

This text is a thorough updating and streamlining of a popular book for the anesthesiology rotation. It is concise, portable, and affordable, and the common chapter format makes it easy to consult on the run. It integrates a case approach with a complete introduction to the specialty and is aimed at medical and nursing students as well as practitioners in critical care who seek a succinct overview of anesthesiology.§§Highlights of the new edition:§§· Extubation criteria enhanced and clarified§§· Ventilator management thoroughly revised§§· Guidelines and algorithms for preoperative assessment updated§§· Fellowships approved since last edition covered (i.e., obstetrics, pediatrics, and informatics)§§· Quality improvement and complications coverage enhanced§§· Out of OR chapter dropped§§· Shorten book through careful editing§§From journal reviews of the First Edition:§This is an excellent introduction to the specialty for third-year medical students, covering a broad range of material at a sufficient depth to be useful, and providing a good structure for a comprehensive course of self-directed study. --Doody s Review Service§§The writing style is uniformly strong, which makes the book easy to read. serves not only as an excellent resource for students and other learners seeking an introduction to anesthesia but also as a platform for teaching the basics. It will be a welcome addition to the libraries of teaching departments. -- Canadian Journal of Anesthesia§§[T]his book would be an excellent resource for the student wanting a deeper understanding of what is essentially a post-graduate subject, for example, an elective student. --British Journal of Anaesthesia.§§