Miller's Anesthesia 2 volume set: Expert Consult - Online and Print, 7e [Hardcover]

Ronald D. Miller MD (Author), Lars I. Eriksson (Author), Lee A. Fleisher MD (Author), Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish MD (Author), William L. Young (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 044306959X | ISBN-13: 978-0443069598 | Publication Date: May 22, 2009 | Edition: 7

From fundamental principles to advanced subspecialty procedures, Miller's Anesthesia covers the full scope of contemporary anesthesia practice. It is the go-to reference for masterful guidance on the technical, scientific, and clinical challenges you face. Now new chapters, new authors, meticulous updates, an increased international presence, and a new full-color design ensure that the 7th edition continues the tradition of excellence that you depend on. Plus, with Expert Consult functionality, you'll have easy access to the full text online at www.expertconsult.com.

• Includes access to the full-text online for convenient referencing.
  
• Covers the full scope of contemporary anesthesia practice in just two volumes.
  
• Offers step-by-step instructions for patient management and an in-depth analysis of ancillary responsibilities and problems.
  
• Incorporates 'Key Points' boxes in every chapter that highlight important concepts.

• Extends the breadth of international coverage with contributions from prominent anesthesiologists from all over the world, including China, India, and Sweden.
  


• Features 30 new authors and 13 new chapters such as Sleep, Memory and Consciousness; Perioperative Cognitive Dysfunction; Ultrasound Guidance for Regional Anesthesia; Anesthesia for Correction of Cardiac Arrhythmias; Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery; Prehospital Emergency and Trauma Care; Critical Care Protocols; Neurocritical Care; and Renal Replacement Therapy.
  


• Dedicates an entire section to pediatric anesthesia, to help you address the unique needs of pediatric patients.
  


• Presents a new full-color design -- complete with more than 1,500 full-color illustrations -- for enhanced visual guidance.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

Editorial Reviews

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"Miller's Anesthesia will enjoy a preeminent place on the bookshelves of anesthesiologists for the foreseeable future." - Anesthesiology, review of the last edition.

"A 'must' for anyone engaged in the clinical practice of anesthesia." - Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, review of the last edition.

"Miller's Anesthesia offers a good solution to aging information, a companion web site that is routinely updated." - Anesthesia Analgesia, review of the last edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 3312 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 7 edition (May 22, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 044306959X
• ISBN-13: 978-0443069598
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.9 x 4.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 16.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Edition Review - Unacceptable Formatting, August 8, 2010

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W. Thio - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anesthesia E-Book: 2-Volume Set (Kindle Edition)

I purchased the electronic edition for my Kindle reader (not a DX) hoping to have this gold-standard reference text in a portable format. This is not a review of content (which, in its 7th edition, accumulates a hundred-plus years of collective anesthetic knowledge) but of the electronic formatting applied to a well-regarded text.

The single star rating sums up my assessment of the electronic adaptation of the textbook.


1. Failed font application
--The font grayscale covers a wide spectrum depending on organizational heirarchy (title, authors name, subject heading, captions, sidebar text, main text) but is often so faint as to be nearly illegible. I posit that this may reflect adaptations of colored printing to a B & W format, nevertheless, it's a crucial editorial oversight/neglect that renders this text nearly unusable

2. Poorly developed table of contents
--The TOC should have a direct link from the menu, instead, the reader must click Menu / Go-to... / 5way navigate to the TOC button
--The TOC lacks subheadings for the chapters. This is a 3000+ page textbook in 102 chapters giving an average 30+ page chapter length. Thirty paper pages is likely thirty pages on a DX but a lot more on the standard Kindle, or when font size is enlarged for ease of reading. The information dense text is extensively subdivided into topic headings that are, essentially, brief articles within each chapter. There is no effective means of skimming chapter sub-headings.
--The main TOC should have expandable subheadings. Each chapter should begin with another active TOC for sections within that chapter.

3. Awkward incorporation of graphics
--Most of the graphics are reproduced with adequate resolution (with zooming) and are accessible from active links within the text.
--The (low-res, small format) graphics still appear as part of the text-flow and interfere with cognitive continuity while reading and increase the number of page turns for a given subsection.
--Chart and table navigation is acceptable but clumsy when spread over more than one screen, more a device limitation than formatting issue.

Note to the publisher: developers of Miller (or any textbook) for electronic format would do well to look at how the New Yorker Magazine is put together for the Kindle.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Gold Standard: Completely Revised, October 2, 2009

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M. Seneca - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miller's Anesthesia 2 volume set: Expert Consult - Online and Print, 7e (Hardcover)

I can't believe I'm the first to write a review for this new edition that's been out for months. I searched online before purchasing recently to find if anyone had a review comparing this with the sixth edition and came up empty. I ended up purchasing after browsing a copy that a colleague had purchased.

This edition is about 100 pages shorter than the sixth edition across both volumes (3100 vs 3200). However, the two volumes of the seventh edition stacked together manage to be a solid inch less thick. This seems to be achieved with a slight, acceptably smaller font, as well as notably better quality paper. What's truly impressive about this revision is the addition of color throughout... lot's of color pictures and graphs, as well as borders that generally make the book much more visually stunning. I can't comment on the extra online features that come with the pricier version, but this version gives searchable online fulltext like the prior edition.

The few chapters and sections I've read seem to have been edited much better and I think this text is in general much more approachable than the last edition. In my practice, I've previously reviewed Barash or Morgan/Mikhail for brief matters and only consulted Miller when I wanted to really delve into a topic. With the way this edition reads, I'm solidly in the Miller camp and will use this as my primary reference.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars book - assistant, October 31, 2009

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Arvydas R. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Miller's Anesthesia 2 volume set: Expert Consult - Online and Print, 7e (Hardcover)

This book is excellent assistent for begginers and for professionals. Strongly reccomend it for all professionals.