50 Studies Every Anesthesiologist Should Know

by Anita Gupta (Editor), Elena Gutman (Editor)

50 Studies Every Anesthesiologist Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of anesthesiology. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics ranging from pain medicine, critical care, cardiothoracic anesthesiology to general anesthesiology. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice. Brief information on other relevant studies is provided, and an illustrative clinical case concludes the review. This book is a must-read for health care professionals in anesthesiology and pain medicine, and anyone who wants to learn more about the data behind clinical practice in anesthesiology, pain medicine, critical care and its broad subspecialties.

304 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 10, 2018

Reviews

[Pieter Jan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting concept, disappointing result.

The editors made some strange choices in studies: many studies were not relevant to the field of anaesthesia, they included animal studies as well as several retrospective studies, meta-analyses and studies with small sample sizes. The patient vignettes offer no additional content or context. Critique on the discussed studies is almost absent. The chapter on regional anesthesia seems to have been written in 2002, as if the revolution in blocks of the last twenty years did not happen.
Editing is sub-par: several chapters had wrong titles, there were several typographical errors,...