Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach

Description

Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach is an indispensable introduction to the specialty. This concise, easy-to-read, affordable handbook is ideal for medical students, nursing students, and others during the anesthesia rotation. Written in a structured prose format and supplemented with many diagrams, tables, and algorithms, this pocket-sized guide contains essential material covered on the USMLE II-III and other licensing exams. The editors, who are academic faculty at Harvard Medical School, summarize the essential content with 32 informative and compelling case studies designed to help students apply new concepts to real situations. Pharmacology, basic skills, common procedures and anesthesia subspecialties are covered, too, with just the right amount of detail for an introductory text. The unique book also offers a section containing career advice and insider tips on how to receive good evaluations from supervising physicians. With its combination of astute clinical instruction, basic science explanation, and practical tips from physicians that have been there before, this handbook is your one-stop guide to a successful anesthesia rotation. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 How to Be a “Star” Student, Career Options, and the Match....Pages 3-14 History of Anesthesia and Introduction to the Specialty....Pages 15-26 Front Matter....Pages 28-28 Pharmacology Principles....Pages 29-38 Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetic Agents....Pages 39-54 Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics....Pages 55-66 Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics....Pages 67-74 Pharmacology of Adjunct Agents....Pages 75-82 Front Matter....Pages 84-84 The Preoperative Patient Evaluation....Pages 85-103 Airway Evaluation and Management....Pages 105-118 The Anesthesia Machine....Pages 119-131 Anesthesia Equipment and Monitors....Pages 133-155 Front Matter....Pages 158-158 Anesthetic Techniques: General, Sedation, MAC....Pages 159-172 Anesthetic Techniques: Regional....Pages 173-197 Electrolytes, Fluids, Acid-Base Analysis, and Transfusion Therapy....Pages 199-227 IV, Gastric Tube, Arterial & Central Line Placement Techniques....Pages 229-242 Common Intraoperative Problems....Pages 243-262 Front Matter....Pages 264-264 Physiology and Anesthesia for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery....Pages 265-284 Physiology and Anesthesia for Neurologic, ENT, and Ophthalmologic Surgery....Pages 285-302 Physiology and Anesthesia for Obstetrics....Pages 303-323 Physiology and Anesthesia for General and Bariatric Surgery....Pages 325-340 Front Matter....Pages 264-264 Anesthesia for Urological Surgery....Pages 341-352 Physiology and Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery....Pages 353-368 Physiology and Anesthesia for Elderly Patients....Pages 369-380 Ambulatory Surgery and Out-of-OR (OOR) Procedures....Pages 381-395 Anesthesia for Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery....Pages 397-410 Front Matter....Pages 412-412 Perioperative Acute and Chronic Pain Management....Pages 413-428 Postoperative Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Common Postoperative Problems....Pages 429-442 Introduction to Critical Care....Pages 443-467 Front Matter....Pages 470-470 Professionalism, Safety, and Teamwork....Pages 471-482 Quality Assurance, Patient and Provider Safety....Pages 483-495 Ethical and Legal Issues in Anesthesia....Pages 497-501 Clinical Simulation in Anesthesia Education....Pages 503-514 Back Matter....Pages 515-534