An ideal reference for anesthesiologists, anesthesia residents, and CRNAs. This 6th Ed provides one a place to start out, and from there one can use clinical judgment to tailor the anesthetic to the patient.
For digital versions of books, please download it for free at the link provided by the bookseller. In addition, there are usually many internet users who share it on internet pages.
For those who do not have enough funds to buy books, please use this way. It achieves the rare didactic feat of enriching what you know while also deeply shaping how you think about what you know. In keeping with the previous editions, this book has 15 chapters, each of which covers a major surgical specialty neurosurgery, thoracic, etc.
Each procedure, over the bite-sized course of a few pages, is finally split into two parts: surgical considerations and anesthetic considerations. Although the surgical considerations are often highly technical and go into details not directly relevant to our practice, I have found them to be personally beneficial with respect to interactions with our surgical colleagues.
Jaffe empowers the anesthesia provider to speak clearly, directly, and with proper terminology to those over the drapes. Let us face it: some surgical team members have little to no idea what we do from the head of the bed and notice us only when the patient is either bucking or failing to emerge. By staying actively involved in the case and conversation, which Jaffe uniquely empowers one to do, our surgical colleagues can be reminded that we are integral members of what is truly a team effort.
For my own practice, of course, it is the sections on anesthetic considerations that have proved most useful. Each procedure is helpfully and consistently organized into preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative sections. Thus, among other things, one can appreciate what if any preoperative testing a patient might need, whether a case requires invasive monitoring, and what complications might be anticipated in the postanesthesia care unit.
With this structure, the reader is empowered to approach novel cases with a clear sense of what questions to ask, facilitating high-yield discussion and targeted literature review. Happily, despite a plethora of authors, there is a strong sense of narrative unity that is rare in a medical text.
In sum, this is a book that is not just meant to be read—it can actually be used! So, what makes this new edition superior to prior iterations? For one, there are now additional pages, which afford room for updated techniques, such as robotic surgery.
However, the most drastic and welcome improvement to the 5th edition comes in the form of its digital companion, which is a significant upgrade from the 4th edition. Whereas the previous version was merely an image of the text, this one provided by Inkling, an online textbook service available for online and offline access on computers, tablets, and smartphones is a fully searchable database that can even save annotations for future reference. Although older attendings may never look past the roughly eight-pound hardcopy, the digital platform provides exactly the sort of portability and manipulability that the current and upcoming generations of anesthesiology trainees seek.
To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, there are three types of procedures: those I know I have done; those I know I have not done; and those I have not done and do not even know exist. However, by having a resource such as Jaffe to mold my mental framework, I feel well prepared to approach new procedures with confidence, clarity, and a systematic way of thinking.
I recognize that I do not yet have a plan for every case I will encounter as an anesthesiologist. However, I have a plan to make a plan and that begins by opening whether with a page turn, a mouse click, or a screen tap this new edition of Jaffe. Sign In or Create an Account. Advanced Search. Sign In. Skip Nav Destination Article Navigation. Close mobile search navigation Article navigation.
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