This handbook is a current manual of Anesthesiology care, including many useful reference tables and charts. Anesthesiology is very popular with medical students, residents, and anesthesiologists. New information on pain management makes this book essential reading
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
Great Resorce --Poor Binding:
I have owned every edition of the book since 1996, and have always found it to be very usefull in the clinical area. I ordered the 2008 edition in July. When it arrivved I flipped through it and pages started coming loose from the binding. Thinking it was just a fluke, I ordered a second copy. When it arrived the binding seemed to be better, but when I started adding a few of my own notes to the margins, the binding again fell apart. I contacted both the publisher and Amazon.com to let them know what... more info
Not to beat a dead horse, but ...:
I have to echo everyone's sentiments here. The content is concise and would be an excellent quick-reference guide. One of the oral/maxillofacial surgery residents rotating through anesthesia absolutely swore by it, and I can see how it could serve as a critical quick-and-dirty reference. However, the fact that the book self-destructs with minimal (gentle) use makes it essentially USELESS.
Content: B+
Quality: F
Disappointed in the quality:
I received this book less than two weeks ago and the binding is already falling apart. The book is an outstanding reference but it's hard to reference anything when pages are falling out onto the floor everytime I use it. I'm disappointed in the quality.
Good anesthesia reference:
This book is an excellent and concise reference for anesthesia personnel. It however has a horrible binding, which is not a fault of Amazon but the publisher/printer. Every colleague that has this book has told me that they have HAD to spiral bind (including myself) b/c the book falls apart after opening only a few times...this is also what happened to my book. Just be aware if you buy the book, you'll have to have it bound somehow. Great reference!!
