Nurse Anesthetist Exam Review: Pearls of Wisdom / Edition 1

by Sudharma Ranasinghe, David J. Lubarsky, Kerri M. Wahl, Lisa J. Thiemann

Overview

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Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) exam? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need to know on exam day. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam successs. Great for certification and re-certification, this high-yield review for the CRNA is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071464369
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/30/2005
Series:	Pearls of Wisdom
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Dr. Sudharma Ranasinghe is Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Assistant Director of Obstetric Anesthesia at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.

David A. Lubarsky, M.D. is a professor and chairman in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida

Kerri M. Wahl, MD, FRCP(C)is Associate Clinical Professor, Chief of the GVTCCM Division, and Chief of Transplant Services at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.

Lisa J. Thiemann, CRNA, MNA, is Assistant Clinical Professor and Associate Director at the Duke University Nurse Anesthesia Program. She is also Associate Director of the Duke University Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center, in Durham, North Carolina.

Kerri M. Robertson, MD, FRCP(C)is Associate Clinical Professor, Chief of the GVTCCM Division, and Chief of Transplant Services at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.

David A. Lubarsky, M.D. is a professor and chairman in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida

Dr. Sudharma Ranasinghe is Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Assistant Director of Obstetric Anesthesia at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.

Table of Contents

MACHINES

ACID BASE, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES

PHYSICS MATHEMATICS AND ANESTHESIA

INTUBATION

PERIOPERATIVE EVALUATION

ANESTHESIA RISKS

ALLERGIC REACTIONS

PATIENT POSITIONING

BLOOD THERAPY

HEMOSTASIS

HYPOTHERMIA

AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

INHALATION AGENTS

NONOPIOIDS INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETICS

OPIOIDS

MUSCLE RELAXANTS

PHARMACOGENETICS

LOCAL ANESTHETICS

CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT

PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS

CAUDAL, EPIDURAL AND SPINAL ANESTHESIA

RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY AND ANESTHESIA

ENDOCRINE

GI DISORDERS AND OBESITY

GENITOURINARY AND RENAL SURGERY

CARDIAC SURGERY

EENT SURGERY

THORACIC SURGERY

NEUROSURGERY

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

LIVER SURGERY

TRANSPLANT SURGERY

OBSTETRICS

NEONATAL ANESTHESIA

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA

GERIATRIC PATIENTS

OUTPATIENT SURGERY

POSTOPERATIVE RECOVERY AND OUTCOME

ASPIRATION

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

BIBLIOGRAPHY