Description

Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia, 8th Edition, is the reference textbook of cardiac anesthesiology. Edited by Joel A. Kaplan and published by Elsevier in 2023, Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative and Critical Care Management follows the cardiac surgical patient from the preoperative assessment to the intensive care unit. This page gives you the full bibliographic details, an online FlipBook preview and the PDF eBook after purchase.

Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia: who this book is for

• Anesthesia residents starting their cardiac rotation who need one authoritative reference to read around their cases.
• Cardiothoracic anesthesia fellows preparing for subspecialty practice and examinations.
• Attending anesthesiologists who manage cardiac cases occasionally and want a reliable source to check their plan.
• Cardiac ICU physicians, perfusionists and critical care teams involved in perioperative management.

If you are early in residency and still building your foundations, start with a core text such as Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, then move to Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia when you reach the cardiac rotation. Our guide to the best anesthesiology books for residents explains which book to use at each stage.

What the book covers

As its subtitle indicates, the book covers the whole perioperative pathway of cardiac surgery, with a strong emphasis on critical care. Its main areas include:

• cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology applied to anesthesia;
• preoperative assessment of the cardiac surgical patient;
• monitoring, including echocardiography in the operating room;
• anesthetic management for the main cardiac surgical procedures;
• cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal circulation;
• postoperative and critical care management.

Use the online FlipBook preview on this page to browse the table of contents and sample pages before you buy.

Why choose the 8th Edition of Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia

Cardiac anesthesia evolves with surgical and interventional techniques, monitoring and critical care practice. Published in 2023, the 8th Edition is the current edition of Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia. If your residency program, fellowship or examination preparation refers to Kaplan’s, make sure you work from this edition rather than an older one: chapter numbers, recommendations and references may differ between editions.

How to study with a 1,200-page reference

A reference of this size is not meant to be read from cover to cover. Three habits make it far more useful:

1. Read around tomorrow’s case. Pick the procedure on the list and read only the relevant chapter the evening before.
2. Link physiology to the monitor. When a chapter explains a hemodynamic concept, connect it to the numbers and waveforms you will actually see in theatre.
3. Turn each chapter into questions. After reading, write three questions your attending or examiner could ask, and answer them from memory a few days later. Our article on active recall shows how.

For continuing education and professional resources in the specialty, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists is a useful complement to the textbook.

Format, preview and access

Why a PDF for this book? Cardiac anesthesia relies on diagrams, pressure tracings and echocardiography images that need the original page layout. See PDF vs EPUB for medical textbooks.

Complete your cardiac anesthesia library

• Stoelting’s Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease, 8th Edition: how cardiac and other comorbidities change your anesthetic plan.
• Miller’s Anesthesia, 10th Edition: the comprehensive reference for the whole specialty.
• Anesthesia Secrets, 6th Edition: quick question-and-answer review between cases.
• Netter’s Cardiology, 3rd Edition: illustrated cardiology to revise the underlying disease.

Frequently asked questions

Is this the latest edition of Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia?

Yes. The 8th Edition was published by Elsevier in 2023 and is the current edition.

Can I see the content before buying?

Yes. The online FlipBook preview on this page lets you check the table of contents and sample pages.

Does it include the publisher’s online resources?

No. You receive the book as a PDF eBook. Publisher platforms, activation codes, videos and supplementary resources are not included.

How quickly will I receive it?

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