4th yr. rotation reading

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RobbingReality said:
Any book/readings suggestions for my 4th yr. anesthesia rotation that cover the basic?
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Textbooks and Pocketbooks

- Very basic quick read, in just one sitting: NMS Anesthesiology. It's a pocket book. Provides you with just enough to understand the context of what you're doing.

- Small digestible book for a 4th year medical student, to read throughout the month: Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital is what I read for a month, and found helpful not only for the general stuff but also for how certain types of cases (e.g. neuro, thoracic etc) are managed. Some people use Anesthesia Secrets instead, also small and easy to read over the course of a month but surprisingly comprehensive.

- Many people also recommend Miller and Stoelting, Basics of Anesthesia, though to be honest the most recent edition of this book is not only long but dull -- you are unlikely to get through it in one month.

Topics and articles

- ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm

- ACC/AHA guidelines on preoperative cardiac evaluation of patients for elective non-cardiac surgery

- Perioperative beta blockade (oldest studies by Mangano DT, newer ones I haven't caught up on)

- Perioperative glucose control (jury's been changing their mind for the last several years)
 
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When I did a week in anesthesia as part of my surgery core one of the anesthesiologists let me borrow a small ASA procedural newsletter/manual and it talked about evaluating the airway for a possible dificult intubation. I haven't been back to that hospital but now that I am an ASA member I tried to see if it's on their website but can't seem to find it.

I am sure a PDF copy exists somewhere, does anyone know where to find it, it might be a good read. it didn't only talk about the mallampati but also talked about the diferent neck lengths and other measurements that can be done. of course at the end it said that nothing can really predict a difficult intubation and what might seem like it should be an easy airway can be a difficult one.

Also you can find the older edition of the baby miller book on www.half.com it's dirt cheap and from what i hear a much better read then the new one. the basics are still the same so it's not really outdated that much.
 
If you're looking for something really basic for a short rotation, there's always the Blueprints pocket book. If you're on the rotation for more than two weeks, or if you're planning on going into anesthesiology, I would probably lean more towards going with one of the ones mentioned above.
 
Skim through Basics of Anesthesia, I think that it lays it out the easiest as far as beginning goes.

I got through it my 4th year and did well on all of my rotations
 
RussianJoo said:
which chapters in clinical anesthesiology? just the drug chapters or some other specific chapters?
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I used Clinical Anesthesiology (aka Lange) and basically read (and knew) the pharm chapters as well as the general physio chapters and people couldn't believe how much I knew.

Also the first few (maybe 8) chapters on monitoring, machine function etc are good to skim.

In general make sure to know the basic drugs (NMBs, reversal agents, gases, prop, fentanyl and other narcs) and their doses and side effects, that is plenty.
 
mstudent12345 said:
I used Clinical Anesthesiology (aka Lange) and basically read (and knew) the pharm chapters as well as the general physio chapters and people couldn't believe how much I knew.

Also the first few (maybe 8) chapters on monitoring, machine function etc are good to skim.

In general make sure to know the basic drugs (NMBs, reversal agents, gases, prop, fentanyl and other narcs) and their doses and side effects, that is plenty.
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thank you for the tips..
 
mstudent12345 said:
I used Clinical Anesthesiology (aka Lange) and basically read (and knew) the pharm chapters as well as the general physio chapters and people couldn't believe how much I knew.

Also the first few (maybe 8) chapters on monitoring, machine function etc are good to skim.

In general make sure to know the basic drugs (NMBs, reversal agents, gases, prop, fentanyl and other narcs) and their doses and side effects, that is plenty.
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Agreed. The pharm, basic cardiorespiratory phys, and "anesthesia for cardiovascular/pulmonary disease" chapters are the crucial ones IMO.
 
did you guys also read baby miller? i have access to both the old edition of baby miller which i hear is a much easier read than the new edition and the new edition or lange clinical anesthesia.. lange is over 1000 pages longs so i won't be able to read it all but baby miller is like 300 pages so it can be done.. will they cover pretty much the same thing? or is lange a more detailed book and thus better to just read a few chapters in there instead of the whole baby miller?
 
RussianJoo said:
did you guys also read baby miller? i have access to both the old edition of baby miller which i hear is a much easier read than the new edition and the new edition or lange clinical anesthesia.. lange is over 1000 pages longs so i won't be able to read it all but baby miller is like 300 pages so it can be done.. will they cover pretty much the same thing? or is lange a more detailed book and thus better to just read a few chapters in there instead of the whole baby miller?
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All of the students where I rotated were loaned a copy of baby Miller, and given a list of required reading/discussion topics. It was a pretty easy and quick read, and should provide most all of the information you need for an MS3/4 rotation in Anesthesiology. I also had Lange for some deeper reference, when needed, but didn't use it much that month. From my tiny perspective, med students should understand the basics (baby Miller), a true appreciation of the finer details (Lange) can wait until residency. For a single med student rotation, one reference book and a pocket manual (recommend NMS) should be more than adequate.
 
For what it's worth, I thought the new edition of Baby Miller was more readable, and I read it cover to cover during my 4th year rotation.
 
Anyone have any experience with the Anesthesia Secrets book? That's the one I bought. I start my MS-4 rotation in general anesthesia tomorrow and am starting to read sections of that book today. Seems good so far.
 
G-Man82 said:
Anyone have any experience with the Anesthesia Secrets book? That's the one I bought. I start my MS-4 rotation in general anesthesia tomorrow and am starting to read sections of that book today. Seems good so far.
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Yes, me. It's awesome. Trim the edges and tops off of it with a disposable scalpel and it'll be pocket-size in no time.
 
G-Man82 said:
Anyone have any experience with the Anesthesia Secrets book? That's the one I bought. I start my MS-4 rotation in general anesthesia tomorrow and am starting to read sections of that book today. Seems good so far.
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some folks will deride me but I actually liked secrets a lot. sure some parts of it are not quite right and some of it is outdated but overall I feel it is very solid. It gives you good answers and an overview to stuff you see everyday. It gives you a little info on a lot of topics.
 
I used the MGH handbook for reading between cases and use UpToDate for drugs. I do have a copy of Baby Miller at home but didn't find it too useful during my rotation.
 
Has anyone seen a copy of baby miller pdf. I have the textbook but I want put it in my laptop. The website has the text but it is only for instructors. I don't know why they don't release the text for residents too but whatever. I can only find pdf of 2 vol miller.
 
Frank Rizzo said:
Anesthesia for the Uninterested
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Is this what you mean?
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