Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach

by Jesse M. Ehrenfeld (Editor), Richard D. Urman (Editor), B. Scott Segal (Editor)

Overview

This comprehensive update of the previous two successful editions covers both basic and advanced anesthesia topics. These include pharmacology, procedures, monitoring, equipment, subspecialty anesthesia, safety, professionalism, pain management, and more.

Chapters are concise, easy-to-read, and authored by faculty specialized in medical education. They feature case studies designed to help apply theoretical knowledge to real patient situations, as well as questions and answers.

A convenient resource for medical students, student registered nurse anesthetists, and student anesthesiologist assistants in any student of anesthesia will find this unique book useful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030986759
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	10/19/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Jesse M. Ehrenfeld MD, MPH

Senior Associate Dean and Director

Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment

Professor, Anesthesiology

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI, USA

 

Richard D. Urman MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Anesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Associate Chair for DFCI

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

 

Scott Segal, MD, MHCM

Thomas H. Irving Professor and Chair

Department of Anesthesiology

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Co-Executive Director, Perioperative Services

Wake Forest Baptist Health

Enterprise Academic Chair, Atrium Health

Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction to Anesthesiology.- 1 How to Be a “Star” Student, Career Options, and the Match.- 2 History of Anesthesia and Introduction to the Specialty.- Part II Pharmacology.- 3 Pharmacology Principles.- 4 Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetic Agents and Analgesics.- 5 Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics.- 6 Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics.- 7 Pharmacology of Adjunct Agents.- Part III Preoperative Considerations.- 8 Preoperative Patient Evaluation.- 9 Airway Evaluation and Management.- 10 The Anesthesia Machine.- 11 Anesthesia Equipment and Monitors.- Part IV Intraoperative Considerations.- 12 Anesthetic Techniques: General, Sedation, MAC.- 13 Anesthetic Techniques: Regional.- 14 Electrolytes and Acid-Base Analysis.- 15 Fluids and Transfusion Therapy.- 16 Peripheral, Arterial, and Central Lines and Gastric Tube Placement.- 17 Intraoperative Problems.- Part V Systems Physiology and Anesthetic Subspecialties.- 18 Physiology and Anesthesia for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery.- 19 Physiology and Anesthesia for Neurologic, ENT, and Ophthalmologic Surgery.- 20 Obstetrics.- 21 Physiology and Anesthesia for General and Bariatric Surgery.- 22 Anesthesia for Urological Surgery.- 23 Pediatric Surgery.- 24 Physiology and Anesthesia for Elderly Patients.- 25 Ambulatory Surgery.- 26 Out-of-OR (OOR) Procedures.- 27 Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery.- Part VI Postoperative Considerations.- 28 Perioperative Acute and Chronic Pain Management.- 29 Postoperative Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Common Postoperative Problems.- 30 Introduction to Critical Care.- Part VII Special Topics.- 31 Anesthesiology as a Perioperative Medicine Specialty.- 32 Professionalism, Safety, and Teamwork.- 33 Quality Assurance, Patient and Provider Safety.- 34 Ethical and Legal Issues in Anesthesia.- 35 Clinical Simulation in Anesthesia Education.- 36 Anesthesia in Adverse Environments.

 

Appendix A: ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm

Appendix B: Malignant Hyperthermia

Appendix C: Useful Formulae

Appendix D: Clinical Algorithms

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Martin D Chen, M.D., M.P.H.(University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description: This book succinctly covers a broad range of topics in sufficient detail to provide an appropriate introduction to the foundations and clinical practice of anesthesia, using case presentations to reinforce and demonstrate the clinical applicability of key material.
Purpose: As a resource for third-year medical students completing their clinical rotation in anesthesiology, this book provides an introduction to the clinical practice of anesthesiology in a format that suits what is typically a short rotation with many competing educational goals. Its scope is sufficient to prepare students for most clinical situations that they should encounter during their rotation, while the authors take care to avoid excessive detail and effectively distill complex topics to an appropriate level for their intended audience. Its laconic style makes it eminently readable — the first 16 chapters, covering most of the foundations of anesthesia care, can be finished over the course of a leisurely day, and subsequent subspecialty chapters can be covered in detail in 30 minutes to an hour at most.
Audience: The authors review material at a level that is appropriate for their target audience of third-year medical students and make good use of clinical cases to reinforce key concepts and demonstrate the clinical relevance of material.
Features: As an introduction to anesthesiology, this book covers general topics such as pharmacology and airway management as well as most of the anesthesia subspecialties that a student is likely to encounter (with the possible exception of transplantation surgery, which is not covered in any depth). The general content is well written and concise and the subspecialty chapters are brief enough that third-year students should be able to rapidly read them in preparation for an unexpected case while providing sufficient detail to enhance their learning experience and enable them to demonstrate knowledge of key anesthetic concepts. Students in more advanced, fourth-year medical student rotations and residents may want a more detailed treatment of the material covered in this book, but they are not the book's intended audience.
Assessment: 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 to enhance the value of a short and sometimes chaotic clinical rotation.
(David B. Glick, MD, MBA (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine) collaborated on this review.)

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