If you only need the buying answer

The sampled 180-day eTextbook at $128.99 is only about a dollar below the current print listing at $129.98. At that point, price is no longer the real issue. The actual decision is whether you want a temporary access window or a keepable review book you can annotate and reuse.

Store	Format	Condition	Price	Link
Merybook	Print	New	$129.98	Check listing
VitalSource	eTextbook	180-day access	$128.99	Check price
eCampus marketplace	Print	Marketplace	$137.12	Check price
Walmart	Paperback	New	$168.53	Check price

Board-review books are built for repetition. Readers move back and forth through high-yield topics, weak spots, and question-driven review rather than reading once. That is why the print-versus-digital decision here is less about raw price and more about study style.

What this book actually teaches

Pediatric Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Board Review is organized as a high-yield review tool for pediatric anesthesiology topics. Its value lies in repeatable retrieval: physiology, equipment, specialty problems, and board-style knowledge that readers revisit multiple times while preparing.

That repeat-use pattern is exactly why a keepable print copy has a real case when the price is essentially the same as temporary digital access.

When print is worth keeping

If you strongly prefer reading on screen, the eTextbook is marginally cheaper. For almost everyone else, the current print listing is easier to defend because the price difference is negligible and the book is built for repeated review.

Sources checked

• Oxford University Press product page for Pediatric Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Board Review: oup.com
• Current market pricing reviewed on April 15, 2026.