Med student about to start an anesthesiology elective - any book recs?

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So, I am going to start my anesthesiology elective in about a week and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a book that would be appropriate for a medical student - something that covers the basics we would be expected to know/ learn during the elective. I am not looking for a huge reference text or something that delves into the nitty gritty details of different topics. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Also, if it makes a difference, I haven't taking surgery or OB yet so I have no prior OR exposure...
 
So, I am going to start my anesthesiology elective in about a week and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a book that would be appropriate for a medical student - something that covers the basics we would be expected to know/ learn during the elective. I am not looking for a huge reference text or something that delves into the nitty gritty details of different topics. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Basics of Anesthesia ("Baby" Miller) is great for this level. Most departments will have a med student copy you can borrow, or ask a resident.

Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital is also nice and easier to carry.

There's a Pocket Anesthesia now that some people like - haven't read it myself.

I bought Anesthesia Secrets as a MS3 - was not impressed.
 
How is the NMS Clinical Manual of Anesthesia?
 
While I'd love to go through a large text like Miller, I'm not sure it will be feasible to get through one for a 2 week elective.
 
While I'd love to go through a large text like Miller, I'm not sure it will be feasible to get through one for a 2 week elective.

If it's just a two weeker just borrow any of the above from the library. Baby miller is a great entry book, soooo easy to read and gives the concepts. Secrets is good too but more randomly put together, more for quick 10 minute brush up. If you're thinking of going into anesthesia I recommend clinical anesthesiology, way more in depth than baby miller but still a fairly readable book. I bought baby miller and loved it for the first few weeks but quickly realized it's limitations and wanted something more so sold it and got clinical anesthesiology.
 
If it's just a two weeker just borrow any of the above from the library. Baby miller is a great entry book, soooo easy to read and gives the concepts. Secrets is good too but more randomly put together, more for quick 10 minute brush up. If you're thinking of going into anesthesia I recommend clinical anesthesiology, way more in depth than baby miller but still a fairly readable book. I bought baby miller and loved it for the first few weeks but quickly realized it's limitations and wanted something more so sold it and got clinical anesthesiology.

are there any whispers out there about when they're going to publish a new edition of that book? The 4th edition has been out since 2005.
 
are there any whispers out there about when they're going to publish a new edition of that book? The 4th edition has been out since 2005.

I don't think so. Amazon doesn't show a "coming soon" etc type message so it's not close at least
 
are there any whispers out there about when they're going to publish a new edition of that book? The 4th edition has been out since 2005.

The basics haven't changed that much since then. Precedex is the only big new drug that comes to mind (Sugammadex would have been another). I would not expect an ms3-4 to know about the latest studies such as POISE, etc.
 
The basics haven't changed that much since then. Precedex is the only big new drug that comes to mind (Sugammadex would have been another). I would not expect an ms3-4 to know about the latest studies such as POISE, etc.

An attending at my home institution asked me about POISE during my first week of my MS4 rotation (I guess my fault for asking why everyone stays on their BB preop) and he told me to look it up when I didn't know what it was. It doesn't hurt for landmark stuff like that to be on a student's radar if they're planning on doing anesthesia....

I would also recommend baby miller and secrets if you can swing both, but secrets will suffice if the extent of your pimping is gonna be stuff like 'what is MAC?'
 
Thanks for the recs everyone - I think I am going to pick up one pocket book and check out a copy of baby Miller from my library.

I took a look at Secrets and I don't know if the Q&A format is going to work for me. I came across a thin book called NMS Clinical Manual of Anesthesia. It's written in prose and is pretty short. I am thinking about using it as an "appetizer" before delving into any topic in miller just so that I can get a general overview about a topic beforehand.

Does anyone have any experience with the NMS book?

Also, since my rotation is going to be so short, I'd like to just focus on key parts of the Miller text - are there any chapters that are must read? (Please don't say read them all...). I am not planning on going into anesthesia but would definitely like to learn as much as I can during my rotation
 
Thanks for the recs everyone - I think I am going to pick up one pocket book and check out a copy of baby Miller from my library.

I took a look at Secrets and I don't know if the Q&A format is going to work for me. I came across a thin book called NMS Clinical Manual of Anesthesia. It's written in prose and is pretty short. I am thinking about using it as an "appetizer" before delving into any topic in miller just so that I can get a general overview about a topic beforehand.

Does anyone have any experience with the NMS book?

Also, since my rotation is going to be so short, I'd like to just focus on key parts of the Miller text - are there any chapters that are must read? (Please don't say read them all...). I am not planning on going into anesthesia but would definitely like to learn as much as I can during my rotation

Airway, inhaled anesthetics, IV anesthetics, opioids, cardiac&pulm phys, NMBs. Those would be a good start. You can get through a chapter a night of Baby Miller easy.
 
Thanks for the recs everyone - I think I am going to pick up one pocket book and check out a copy of baby Miller from my library.

I took a look at Secrets and I don't know if the Q&A format is going to work for me. I came across a thin book called NMS Clinical Manual of Anesthesia. It's written in prose and is pretty short. I am thinking about using it as an "appetizer" before delving into any topic in miller just so that I can get a general overview about a topic beforehand.

Does anyone have any experience with the NMS book?

Also, since my rotation is going to be so short, I'd like to just focus on key parts of the Miller text - are there any chapters that are must read? (Please don't say read them all...). I am not planning on going into anesthesia but would definitely like to learn as much as I can during my rotation

Also, find out if you have any subspecialty days in your rotation. We would usually send studs to Ob or SICU for a day or 2. Then you could obviously read those chapters. You could also ask your resident/attending for recs the day before.
 
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