BOARD REVIEW
Edited by: George W Williams
Co-Editors: Navneet Kaur Grewal, Marc J. Popovich
Published by: Oxford University Press
Publication year: 2020
ISBN 978-0-19-090804-1
Chapters: 16
Number of pages: 201
The backbone of any examination today is multiple choice questions (MCQ’s). The books of MCQ’s are written and published to guide the examinees about the current examination trends. ‘Anesthesiology Critical Care - Board Review’ is a new addition in the list of MCQ’s books available in the market. Examinees find these MCQ books useful as these provide a comprehensive review of the diverse topics being currently examined for in any fellowship examination. The book under consideration is a powerful and most welcome statement about the place of examination trending in the evolving and ever-growing subject of critical care. Critical care medicine is an evolving specialty in which the amount of available information is growing rapidly and is spread across a myriad of books, journals and websites. It is an excellent help to physicians in training and practicing health professionals to master concepts crucial for success on the anesthesia and critical care boards.
This book consists of 16 chapters including topics such as central nervous system, hematology and oncology, critical care review of burns, sedation, pain management and pharmacology, statistics, ethics and management, obstetric critical care, gastroenterology, trauma and disaster management, endocrinology, immunology and infectious diseases, renal acid base, nutrition and procedures, cardiovascular physiology, management, mechanical support and resuscitation, related to the field of anesthesiology and critical care, and is followed by variable number of questions. The question difficulty ranges from basic, entry level concepts to more advanced and challenging problems. Each chapter is written by an author who is currently actively managing patientcare in the domain of the chapter. Each question consists of a stem, which is a detailed narrative of the patient condition and is followed by four options. One of these option is to be selected as the best answer for that question.
One of the key features of this book is a detailed explanation of the correct answers given at the end of each chapter. This explanation is given in such a way that it increases the depth of the knowledge of the reader. All the answers are supported by references so that the reader can consult them for any clarification if needed.
As expected, American drug names, units of measurement, etc. are used in this book which can cause problem for those readers who are not familiar with these terminologies but this is not considered as a disadvantage.
An index is included at the end of the book. It is troublesome for the reader to use this index for search as it does not refer to a particular question but refers to a page number on which the answer related to the question can be found.
There is an Ebook version available for this book, and it can be viewed online at Oxford Medicine Online, which may be more useful for those who are used to read books online.
Anesthesiology critical care board review is recommended by editors to be used for candidates preparing for American board of anesthesiology critical care certification examination; however, this book is a perfect collection of MCQ’S that can be used by any candidate sitting in any anesthesiology, emergency medicine and critical care examination around the world. In addition it is also a useful resource for educating critical care physicians, anesthesiology practitioners, and advanced practice providers with the most relevant, up-to-date, state of the art considerations in critical care medicine. I can also recommend this book for the candidates appearing in FCPS Anesthesiology and FCPS Critical Care examinations in Pakistan.
Fazal Hameed Khan,
MBBS, FCPS, EDIC,
Professor of Anesthesia and Associate Dean for Faculty,
The Aga Khan University & Hospital, Stadium Road, Karachi-74800 (Pakistan)
Phones: 34864639/34861182
DOI: 10.35975/apic.v23i4.1183
Edited by: George W Williams
Co-Editors: Navneet Kaur Grewal, Marc J. Popovich
Published by: Oxford University Press
Publication year: 2020
ISBN 978-0-19-090804-1
Chapters: 16
Number of pages: 201
The backbone of any examination today is multiple choice questions (MCQ’s). The books of MCQ’s are written and published to guide the examinees about the current examination trends. ‘Anesthesiology Critical Care - Board Review’ is a new addition in the list of MCQ’s books available in the market. Examinees find these MCQ books useful as these provide a comprehensive review of the diverse topics being currently examined for in any fellowship examination. The book under consideration is a powerful and most welcome statement about the place of examination trending in the evolving and ever-growing subject of critical care. Critical care medicine is an evolving specialty in which the amount of available information is growing rapidly and is spread across a myriad of books, journals and websites. It is an excellent help to physicians in training and practicing health professionals to master concepts crucial for success on the anesthesia and critical care boards.
This book consists of 16 chapters including topics such as central nervous system, hematology and oncology, critical care review of burns, sedation, pain management and pharmacology, statistics, ethics and management, obstetric critical care, gastroenterology, trauma and disaster management, endocrinology, immunology and infectious diseases, renal acid base, nutrition and procedures, cardiovascular physiology, management, mechanical support and resuscitation, related to the field of anesthesiology and critical care, and is followed by variable number of questions. The question difficulty ranges from basic, entry level concepts to more advanced and challenging problems. Each chapter is written by an author who is currently actively managing patientcare in the domain of the chapter. Each question consists of a stem, which is a detailed narrative of the patient condition and is followed by four options. One of these option is to be selected as the best answer for that question.
One of the key features of this book is a detailed explanation of the correct answers given at the end of each chapter. This explanation is given in such a way that it increases the depth of the knowledge of the reader. All the answers are supported by references so that the reader can consult them for any clarification if needed.
As expected, American drug names, units of measurement, etc. are used in this book which can cause problem for those readers who are not familiar with these terminologies but this is not considered as a disadvantage.
An index is included at the end of the book. It is troublesome for the reader to use this index for search as it does not refer to a particular question but refers to a page number on which the answer related to the question can be found.
There is an Ebook version available for this book, and it can be viewed online at Oxford Medicine Online, which may be more useful for those who are used to read books online.
Anesthesiology critical care board review is recommended by editors to be used for candidates preparing for American board of anesthesiology critical care certification examination; however, this book is a perfect collection of MCQ’S that can be used by any candidate sitting in any anesthesiology, emergency medicine and critical care examination around the world. In addition it is also a useful resource for educating critical care physicians, anesthesiology practitioners, and advanced practice providers with the most relevant, up-to-date, state of the art considerations in critical care medicine. I can also recommend this book for the candidates appearing in FCPS Anesthesiology and FCPS Critical Care examinations in Pakistan.
Fazal Hameed Khan,
MBBS, FCPS, EDIC,
Professor of Anesthesia and Associate Dean for Faculty,
The Aga Khan University & Hospital, Stadium Road, Karachi-74800 (Pakistan)
Phones: 34864639/34861182
DOI: 10.35975/apic.v23i4.1183