Near Misses in Neuroanesthesia; Author: Blackburn, Terri W., MD (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA); Russell, Garfield B., MD FRCPC (Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Director of Neuroanesthesia, and Director of Alternate-Site Anesthesia Services, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA); Paperback

Author: Blackburn, Terri W., MD (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA); Russell, Garfield B., MD FRCPC (Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Director of Neuroanesthesia, and Director of Alternate-Site Anesthesia Services, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA)
Paperback; 5 Halftones, 5 Line Illustrations
208 pages
Published: December 2001
Harcourt Publishers Ltd, a subsidiary of Harcourt International Ltd
ISBN: 0750670657

Provides the trainee or practising anaesthetist with a chance to test clinical skills. Valuable study resource for written and oral board exams. A discussion of cases in neuroanaesthesia that involve close calls resulting from diagnostic or therapeutic miscalculations. Events are described and followed by a review of the differential diagnoses. The reader is then challenged to make an accurate diagnosis.