Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia

by Paul G. Barash (Editor), Robert K. Stoelting (Editor), M. Christine Stock (Editor)

This pocket-sized handbook provides quick, easy access to the essential bedside information from Clinical Anesthesia, Sixth Edition . The most practical clinical pearls on what to do and how and when to do it are presented in concise outline format, with hundreds of tables, graphs, and algorithms that summarize and prioritize crucial points. Appendices include formulas, an electrocardiography atlas, a drug list, American Heart Association resuscitation protocols, difficult airway algorithms, and a malignant hyperthermia protocol. This edition has a new full-color design and colorized illustrations.

1180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Bea]

The baby brother (pocket resumé) of the bible.
Excellent for a quick research.

[James]

Overall this is a very helpful book for quick study and review. Be aware though, there are a few errors. They have been on relatively minor details but it worries me what else they may have gotten wrong that I have missed. I am not suggesting that I know better than the authors. These were things that seemed wrong to me as I read them so I went to the big Barash and confirmed that I was correct and the Handbook has it wrong. A couple examples: on page 223 the Handbook mixes up the definitions of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. On page 326 the table mixes up the drugs that induce or inhibit P450. These things are correct in the big book. I am concerned that someone might make a clinical decision based on false information.