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Basics of Anesthesia: with Evolve Website, 5e (Stoelting, Basics of Anesthesia: with Evolve Website)

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this book is not only an excellent one for R1 residents or medical students, it also highlights key points for senior residents as well! the UPDATED information written, which is evidence based (each paragraph is a result of a recent published paper) makes you CONFIDENT when you argue about any subject.. A MUST HAVE..

Whether you are studying for boards or a new anesthesiology resident, you will find Basics of Anesthesia useful.

I read through almost all of this book while on an anesthesiology rotation during 4th year of medical school. I quickly came to find out that most people headed into anesthesiology at my institution had read the book cover to cover several times, and they all seem to think that it is a fair resource, though not great. My line of thought tends to be along those lines. The good things about this book are that it is incredibly simplistic. Any 3rd or 4th year medical student should have no problem taking in the information in this book, and that goes without question for interns as well. The text is very friendly and quickly readable; however, the flip side to this is that it lacks impressionability. Though certain principles are explained at a preschool level, they aren't sounded out with enough emphasis to help a young anesthesiologist make difficult decisions. I was frequently getting to the end of a chapter and wondering what in the world I had just read. There are tables and charts that help drive home concepts and do a good job of summarizing textual information, but if I was a young anesthesiologist, I would still feel uneasy using this book as a primary source or a reference. The other qualm I have in regards to the text is that is extremely redundant. For example, the cardiology section goes over each type of pathology and how anesthesia should be optimized for each condition, but the recommendations are nearly identical for all of the conditions. In other words, you continually read the exact same thing over and over again for pages. They could have summarized the entire chapter by doing a bullet point saying, "Ensure hemodynamic stability of patients with cardiac disease." I became additionally frustrated with the books attempt to explain pathology. Rather than just talk about the anesthesiology related to a condition, the book rambled on giving descriptions of pathological conditions which most of its audience already know about in much greater detail than what is explained. In the end, I cannot say that this book didn't enhance my knowledge of anesthesiology. In fact, it was well equipped for what I wanted to get from the experience as an individual not interested in going into the field. This leads me to think that this book is an excellent primer that can easily help a beginner wrap up the basic ideas of anesthesia, but mastering anesthesiology seems to be an entirely different matter indeed.

Very good for medical student and beginning resident but not in depth enough for the written board. Will help familiarize you with which seems to be a foreign language because we do not cover alot of the topics in medical school

I am currently an intern. I want to read about anesthesia, but I don't have much time. This is a text that is basic and easy to read. The chapter set up is nice and logical. I may not make it through the entire book this year, but I'll have a good start so that I can start reading more in depth texts sooner next year as a CA-1. I think it's best to cover the basics before going too in depth into a topic therefore I would recommend this text to all those early in anesthesia training.

this was a great resource during my rotation, great color pictures, it had loads of detail but easy to read.

This is an excellent book for junior doctors. It covers Pharmacology, Pre-Op, Post-Op and Operation Anaesthetic management as well as it deals with anaethesia with comorbidities. It covers everything any non specialist needs as well as it covers junior anaesthetic trainee needs. I love its concise, to the point writing. If I had no anaesthesia book and needed one, I would buy this one.

This is a great starting point for a 4th year medical student interested in anesthesia or an intern who has matched into anesthesia. Should definitely be read at least once prior to moving on to more complicated/comprehensive texts like Morgan, Mikhail, Murray's book or Barash's book.

6th edition just came out. It is sharp and has greatly updated content. Same price as this old one as well.

This has been a very basic introduction to my practice. It provides explanations in novice terms. I read this inside and out, and then read my Barash. Good to start and then go to the more indepth explanations from the Big Stoetling and Barash.

Remember, this is an introductory text. There will be items not touched upon or topics without depth. However, the diagrams and photos are of help to the resident physician and the book lends itself to quick, yet superficial review. I would still argue it belongs in every anesthesiologists library.
Allan Escher, DO, FAOCA
Member, American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology