Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Review for the Written Boards and Recertification is a high-yield, streamlined study aid. It contains more than 1000 updated, realistic multiple-choice questions tailored to the question content of recent American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) exams. To maximize reading efficiency, key messages are repeated and highlighted in the bullets. While focusing on most-frequently tested keywords by the ABA, this book also covers new "emerging" topics such as patient safety, statistics, and ethics. Well-chosen illustrations and graphs are used to enhance the learning experience. Also novel is a high-yield summary of the 60 most frequently tested topics and concepts to be reviewed just before taking the boards. With this book as guidance, readers will be able to efficiently prepare for the written primary certification or recertification anesthesiology board exam.
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers |
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1 Inhalational Anesthesia |
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3 Anesthesia and Disease States, Part I |
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Srinivasan G. Varadarajan |
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4 Anesthesia and Disease States, Part II |
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Srinivasan G. Varadarajan |
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21 High-Yield Board Review Topics |
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Kai Matthes is Clinical Fellow, Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Richard Urman is Attending Anesthesiologist, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Jesse Ehrenfeld is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.