Covering all anesthesia topics from basic to advanced, Miller's Anesthesia Review, 4th Edition, is an ideal resource for self-assessment and deepening your understanding of this ever-expanding and challenging field. Edited by Drs. Lorraine M. Sdrales and Manuel C. Pardo, Jr., this authoritative guide provides high-yield study points in an easy-to-read, bulleted format, along with hundreds of questions, answers, and rationales to help you test your knowledge and identify knowledge gaps for further study. Conveniently cross-referenced to the latest edition of Miller’s Basics of Anesthesia, it covers everything from physiologic and pharmacologic principles through anesthetic machine systems, anesthetic delivery in a variety of settings, and anesthesia administration for a full range of disease states.
- Uses an efficient, bulleted outline format for each chapter, summarizing core content and providing self-test questions and workbook tasks that test your conceptual knowledge and rationale.
- Brings you fully up to date with revised questions throughout, progressing logically from basic to advanced topics.
- Includes selected figures, tables, and clinical pearls boxes to emphasize key concepts.
- Features new chapters that reflect the breadth and scope of the practice of anesthesiology, including Clinician Well-Being, Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Environmental Impact of Anesthesia, and Perioperative Medicine.
- Provides up-to-date coverage of hot topics such as anesthesia neurotoxicity, sleep medicine, and more.
- Corresponds to Miller’s Basics of Anesthesia to help you make the most of your study time, learn more efficiently, and pursue further information if needed.
- Ideal for anesthesia providers of all levels, from new learners to more experienced practitioners.
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook includes interactive multiple-choice questions, and allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
Table of Contents
1 Scope of Anesthesia Practice2 Learning Anesthesia
3 Clinician Well-Being
4 Basic Pharmacologic Principles
5 Clinical Cardiac and Pulmonary Physiology
6 Autonomic Nervous System
7 Inhaled Anesthetics
8 Intravenous Anesthetics
9 Opioids
10 Local Anesthetics
11 Neuromuscular Blocking and Reversal Agents
12 Anesthetic Neurotoxicity
13 Preoperative Evaluation
14 Choice of Anesthetic Technique
15 Anesthesia Delivery Systems
16 Airway Management
17 Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia
18 Peripheral Nerve Blocks
19 Patient Positioning and Associated Risks
20 Anesthetic Monitoring
21 Point-of-Care Ultrasound
22 Acid-Base Balance and Blood Gas Analysis
23 Hemostasis
24 Fluid Management
25 Blood Therapy
26 Cardiovascular Disease
27 Chronic Pulmonary Disease
28 Renal, Liver, and Biliary Tract Disease
29 Nutritional, Gastrointestinal, and Endocrine Disease
30 Central Nervous System Disease
31 Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
32 Orthopedic Surgery
33 Obstetrics
34 Pediatrics
35 Geriatrics
36 Organ Transplantation
37 Outpatient Anesthesia
38 Anesthesia for Procedures in Nonoperating Room Locations
39 Postanesthesia Recovery
40 Perioperative Pain Management
41 Critical Care Medicine
42 Perioperative Medicine
43 Trauma
44 Chronic Pain Management
45 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
46 Quality and Patient Safety
47 Palliative Care
48 Sleep Medicine and Anesthesia
49 Anesthesia and Environmental Health
