Description
Book SynopsisThe book covers over 40 different clinical scenarios most frequently encountered in the Anesthesia Oral Board exam. Answers to the questions are carefully structured to not only help the reader understand the medicine of anesthesia but also to provide the correct terminology needed for the exam.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. General: 1. Obesity/difficult airway Ruchir Gupta; 2. Myasthenia gravis/Eaton–Lambert syndrome Shimon Frankel; 3. Laryngeal papillomatosis Aimee Gretchen Kakascik; 4. Sickle cell disease Ruchir Gupta; 5. Liver transplant Federico Osorio; 6. Renal transplant/diabetes Ruchir Gupta, Anita Gupta and Sheryl Glassman; Part II. Endocrine: 7. Thyroidectomy Ruchir Gupta; 8. Carcinoid tumor Xiaodong Bao; 9. Pheochromocytoma Stanley Yuan and John Cooley; Part III. Orthopedics: 10. Shoulder surgery Sarah J. Madison; 11. Hip replacement in aortic stenosis Ruchir Gupta; Part IV. Trauma: 12. The burn patient Ruchir Gupta; 13. Multisystem injury Raymond Pesso; 14. Traumatic brain injury Ruchir Gupta; Part V. Urology: 15. TURP syndrome Mark Slomovits; Part VI. Pediatrics: 16. Foreign body aspiration Aimee Gretchen Kakascik; 17. Tracheoesophageal fistula repair Peggy Wingard; 18. Pyloric stenosis Julio R. Olaya; 19. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia Peggy Wingard; 20. Epiglottitis Julio R. Olaya; 21. Patent ductus arteriosis Peggy Wingard; 22. Tetralogy of fallout Ruchir Gupta; Part VII. Neuro: 23. Intracranial mass Sergey V. Pisklakov; 24. Cerebral aneurysm Sergey V. Pisklakov; Part VIII. Thoracic: 25. VATS (one-lung ventilation) Ruchir Gupta; 26. Mediastinal mass Stanley Yuan and Joseph Marino; Part IX. Cardiovascular: 27. Aortic dissection Ruchir Gupta; 28. Carotid endarterectomy Ruchir Gupta; 29. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) Ruchir Gupta; 30. Abdominal aortic aneurysm Ruchir Gupta; Part X. Obstetric: 31. Hemorrhage Edouard Belotte; 32. Preeclampsia Xiaodong Bao; Part XI. Additional Topics: 33. Cardiac Ruchir Gupta; 34. Obstetrics Anita Gupta and Nicholas Weber; 35. Pediatrics Ruchir Gupta, Monique Cadogan and Barbara Vickers; 36. Neuro Ruchir Gupta; 37. Pain management Ruchir Gupta; 38. Neuraxial anesthesia/anticoagulation Ruchir Gupta; 39. Critical care Ruchir Gupta; Algorithm appendix; Index.
