2015 LWW Medical and Health Professions Education Catalogue

ANESTHESIOLOGY, CRITICAL CARE & PAIN

5-Minute Anesthesia Consult

Anesthesiology Keywords Review Second Edition Raj K. Modak, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale Univer- sity, New Haven, CT October 2012 / Softbound / 10.875 x 8.375 Approx. 576 pp. / Approx. 45 Illus. 978-1-4511-2119-3

Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD October 2012 / Hardbound / 10.875 x 8.375 Approx. 1,090 pp. 978-1-4511-1894-0

DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

The Second Edition of this handy review is formatted for ease of use. Over 300 detailed entries include key points, a discussion, and suggested readings for each keyword. Broad-based coverage addresses all areas of anesthesiology, including pediatrics. New keywords have been added to this edition, and questions and answers at the end of each keyword presentation test and reinforce readers’ knowledge. A companion website includes fully searchable text.

FEATURES The 5-Minute Anesthesia Consult provides a readily accessible compilation of anesthesia topics that is useful to students, residents, physicians, certified nurse anesthetists, anesthesia assistants, and ancillary medical staff. Following the highly successful format of the 5-Minute Clinical Consult series, 480 topics will be covered, each in a highly formatted two-page spread covering risk factors and epidemiology, preoperative evaluation, intraoperative care, and postoperative care. The topic-specific format of each chapter provides a focused, evidence-based, yet simplified, discussion of Physiology, Management, Co-Existing Disease, Surgical Procedure, and Drug topics. In addition to general operative and perioperative care, this comprehensive book covers subspecialty topics in cardiac, neurosurgical, obstetric, geriatric, critical care, pediatric, regional, vascular, thoracic, and acute and chronic pain. f f Includes 480 distinct topics covering a wide range of conditions f f Each entry presented in a standardized template for easy access to key information f f Each chapter providing a list of additional, complementary topics that are available within the book—to allow readers to supplement their knowledge of a given topic f f Unique to this textbook: a Management section covering a comprehensive list of perioperative complications and issues—invaluable for oral board review f f Chapter topics with a large number of ABA keywords f f Over 300 expert contributors

FEATURES

f f Over 300 detailed entries include key points, a discussion, and suggested readings for each keyword. f f Broad-based coverage addresses all areas of anesthesiology, including pediatrics. f f New keywords have been added to keep your knowledge base up to date. f f The companion website includes fully searchable text.

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