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Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Review: Expert Consult: Online and Print, 4e

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The 4th edition is essentially the same as the old edition, which can be had at significantly cheaper rates.

Pros: Divided by subject to focus on particular areas. Index is helpful. Question format is a nice change from other review forms.

Cons: There are quite a few errors that detract from quickly going through subjects and make explanations confusing. Many of the questions are low yield, just fact associations for memorization, rather than clinical situations promoting critical thought in a multistep process (as the exam does). Also, many of the questions are just absurdly difficult with explanations that leave one scratching their head regarding if there is anything to be learned from it that can be applied to clinical practice(but this is not too dissimilar from the actual ITE/ABA exam as I recall). Online feature is ho-hum at best. Find another review book if you can.

Personally, I would not buy this version again. There are better options out there for review.

Very good book with relevant questions and pretty good explanations. Many questions on the ITE were very similar to those in the book. Also the on-line version is dynamite! You can do questions one at a time and get the answer/explanation right away without having to flip around. It is easy to use during down time in the OR during long, boring cases.