Dripps/Eckenhoff/Vandam introduction to anesthesia

From The Critics

Reviewer: Michael F O'Connor, MD(University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description: This is the 9th edition of the classic Introduction to Anesthesia by Dripps, Eckenhoff, and Vandam.
Purpose: This is a concise and comprehensive introduction to anesthesia for medical students, anesthesia residents, nurse anesthetists, and nonanesthesia medical personnel. There is a great need for a text of this nature and this book is the best yet.
Audience: The intended audience for this book is medical students, anesthesia residents, nurse anesthetists, and nonanesthesia personnel. The authors are mostly from the University of Pennsylvania, and all are highly regarded experts in the field of anesthesia.
Features: The book contains an appropriately large number of tables and figures. Each chapter includes a brief list of important references that the intended audience will appreciate. The index is extensive and excellent for an introductory text. The book is bound in an ugly glossy silver cover.
Assessment: Longnecker and Murphy have provided an excellent and long overdue revision of this classic. I expect this book to become the standard introductory text of anesthesia. It is a necessary addition to any medical library that includes anesthesia texts.

Michael F. O'Connor

This is the 9th edition of the classic Introduction to Anesthesia by Dripps, Eckenhoff, and Vandam. This is a concise and comprehensive introduction to anesthesia for medical students, anesthesia residents, nurse anesthetists, and nonanesthesia medical personnel. There is a great need for a text of this nature and this book is the best yet. The intended audience for this book is medical students, anesthesia residents, nurse anesthetists, and nonanesthesia personnel. The authors are mostly from the University of Pennsylvania, and all are highly regarded experts in the field of anesthesia. The book contains an appropriately large number of tables and figures. Each chapter includes a brief list of important references that the intended audience will appreciate. The index is extensive and excellent for an introductory text. The book is bound in an ugly glossy silver cover. Longnecker and Murphy have provided an excellent and long overdue revision of this classic. I expect this book to become the standard introductory text of anesthesia. It is a necessary addition to any medical library that includes anesthesia texts.

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