Anesthesia Secrets (6th Edition), edited by Brian M. Keech, MD and Ryan D. Laterza, MD, is part of Elsevier's best-selling Secrets Series. It covers everything from the basics of anaesthesia to subspecialty practice in the series' well-known question-and-answer format, with key points, pearls and memory aids that make it ideal for quick review, ward rounds and exam preparation.
Key Features
- Question-and-answer format, the "questions you will be asked" on rounds, in vivas and in exams
- Top 100 Secrets: a quick summary of the most important facts for last-minute revision
- Key Points boxes, bulleted lists, mnemonics and practical tips in every chapter
- 73 chapters, fully revised to reflect current protocols and guidelines
- New chapters on ECG interpretation, cardiac physiology, neuraxial techniques and medical ethics
- Compact, portable size for the OT and the ward
Topics Covered
- Preoperative evaluation, airway management, physiology, fluids, electrolytes and transfusion
- Pharmacology: inhaled and IV anaesthetics, opioids, neuromuscular blockers and local anaesthetics
- Monitoring and equipment: pulse oximetry, capnography, invasive lines, ultrasound and the anaesthesia machine
- Anaesthesia for patients with cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, neurologic and endocrine disease
- Special populations: neonatal, paediatric, obstetric, geriatric and trauma patients
- Cardiac, thoracic, vascular, laparoscopic and spine anaesthesia
- Regional anaesthesia, nerve blocks, and acute and chronic pain management
Who Is This Book For?
- Anaesthesia residents and postgraduate trainees (FCPS / MD / Diploma)
- House officers and medical officers in anaesthesia rotations
- Doctors preparing for FCPS Part II, MCPS and other anaesthesia exams
- Anaesthesia technologists and nurse anaesthetists
Book Details
- Title: Anesthesia Secrets
- Edition: 6th Edition (2020)
- Editors: Brian M. Keech, MD; Ryan D. Laterza, MD
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Series: Secrets Series
- ISBN-13: 9780323640152
- Pages: 494
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- Note: Enhanced digital version (eBook) code not included
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