Clinical Anesthesia, 5th Ed. Barash, Cullen and Stoelting

This is a large textbook, running to more than 1500 pages, with a total of 59 chapters in the 6 sections. Section 1 is entitled ‘Introduction to anesthesia practice’ and contains five chapters covering: history of anaesthesia, OR practice, experimental design and statistics, occupational health and professional liability. The second section, ‘Basic principles of anesthesia practice’, contains an eclectic mixture of five chapters on: cellular and molecular mechanisms, genomic basis of perioperative medicine, electrical and fire safety, acid base balance and fluids, and haemotherapy and haemostasis. Section 3 has seven chapters on basic pharmacology and Section 4 has seven chapters on ‘Preparing for anesthesia’. The bulk of the book is in Section 5 ‘Management of anesthesia’ which has 29 chapters covering all aspects of clinical anaesthesia such as thoracic, vascular and obstetrics, together with chapters on cardiovascular physiology, allergy and drug interactions. The final section ‘Postanaesthesia and consultant practice’ has six chapters covering recovery, acute pain chronic pain, critical care, CPR and disaster preparedness.

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