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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1. Inhalational Anesthesia
Jerome Adams, MD and Amy Dorwart, MD
2. Pulmonary Physiology
Todd Kerensky, MD and Stephanie Jones, MD
3. Anesthesia and Disease States, Part I
Jutta Novalija, MD, PhD, Vikram Khatri, MD, Gopu Varadarajan, MD, and Christine M. Zainer, MD
4. Anesthesia and Disease States, Part II
Christopher Plambeck, MD, Vikram Khatri, MD, Gopu Varadarajan, MD, and Christine M. Zainer, MD
5. Pediatric Anesthesia
David R. Moss, MD
6. Obstetric Anesthesia
Adrienne Kung, MD and Philip Hess, MD
7. Regional Anesthesia
Pedram Aleshi, MD and Harold Fong, MD
8. Acute and Chronic Pain
Pankaj Mehta, MD, Katherine Zaleski, MD, Robert Foege, MD, and Christine Peeters-Asdourian, MD
9. Cardiac Anesthesia
Kathleen Chen, MD and Adam Lerner, MD
10. Thoracic Anesthesia
William Edward Corcoran, MD and John Pawlowski, MD
11. Vascular Anesthesia
Beth Misiura, MD and Ruma Bose, MD
12. Neuroanesthesia
Tiffany Brainerd, MD and Mary Ellen McCann, MD
13. Transfusion therapy
Peter Wu, MD and Rob Hsuing, MD
14. Anesthesia Equipment
Aalok Agarwala, MD, MBA, Rafael Vazquez, MD, and Cuong Vu, MD
15. Airway Management
Joe Meltzer, MD
16. Complications
Elizabeth Cohen, MD, Amanda Monahan, MD, and Stephen Pratt, MD
17. Pharmacology
Markus Klimek, MD, PhD and Thomas H. Ottens, MD
18. Statistics and Ethics
D. John Doyle, MD, PhD, FRCPC
19. Transplant Anesthesia
Douglas Dohl, MD and Charlene Walton, MD
20. Intensive Care
Chad E. Wagner, MD, Nathan Ashby, MD, and Jason D. Kennedy, MD
21. High-Yield Board Review Topics
Kaveh Aslani, MD, Richard Han, MD, MPH, and Dominic Monterosso, DO