Basics of Anesthesia

Widely acknowledged as the foremost introductory text of its kind, the new , 4th Edition of BASICS OF ANESTHESIA provides the most authoritative and complete overview of anesthesia theory and practice available today.

Written by two of the foremost experts in the field

A second color makes the book even easier to use
Updated information includes new and rapidly changing areas in anesthesia practice including:

Office-based anesthesia

New drugs-opioids, local anesthetics, muscle relaxants

New monitors-bispectral index (BIS monitor)

New regional anesthetic techniques-combined spinal and epidural for obstetrical anesthesia

Cancer pain management

Anesthesia simulators in education of residents and practitioners

New concepts in pharmacokinentics (context-sensitive half-time)

New airway management techniques-laryngeal mask airway (LMA)

New chapters that reflect the emergence of important components of the anesthesiologists professional practice:

Opioids is now a free-standing chapter, rather than a subsection of a chapter.

Outpatient Surgery-Hospital, Surgicenter, or Office-Based is a new title for the chapter in the 3rd edition entitled: Outpatient Surgery.