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Clinical Anesthesia, South Asian Edition: A Book Review
Pawan Kumar Hamal1
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Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, National Academy of Medical Sciences, National Trauma
Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
ABSTRACT
Local practices, contextual issues and the therapeutic challenges of South Asian perspectives are
generally overlooked in standard Clinical Anesthesia textbooks with more relevance to western
scenarios. The South Asian Editors of this book, have made a tremendous painstaking effort to
consider these issues and present the content as per the need of the local scenarios in an evidence-
based manner.
Keywords: anesthesia; book review; clinical.
BOOK DETAILS lookout for comprehensive books adapted to local
conditions.
Clinical Anesthesia, South Asian Edition
SOUTH ASIAN EDITION
Adaptation of Eight Edition, 2021
The South Asian Editors of this book, Dr. Nishkarsh
Editors: Paul G. Barash, Bruce F. Cullen, Robert K. Gupta is a well-known popular academician and gifted
Stoelting, Michael K. Cahalan, M. Christine Stock, teacher along with the colleague Dr. Anju Gupta an
Rafael Ortega, Sam R. Sharar, Natalie F. Holt upcoming academician from All India Institute of
Medical Sciences has made a tremendous painstaking
South Asian Editors: Nishkarsh Gupta, Anju Gupta
effort to contextualize the book and present the content
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (India) Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi as per the need of the local scenarios in an evidence-
based manner. Care has been taken to maintain the
ISBN Number: 978-93-89859-91-1 legacy and pride of the late Paul G. Barash, chief
editor of this book since its inception in 1990, and also
ABOUT THE BOOK
meticulously address the need of the anesthesiologist
Since the public demonstration of ether in 1846 in in a comprehensive way providing services in
Massachusetts General Hospital by William T.G. low- and middle-income countries. The addition
Morton, anesthesia specialty had made tremendous of new chapters “Anesthesia for cancer surgeries”
progress and revolutionized surgical and perioperative and “Palliative Medicine” highlights the changing
care across the globe.1 Clinical Anesthesia, a book epidemiology of cancer care in Southeast Asia and
which was launched in 1990 as a first edition is a popular prepares anesthesia physicians for providing efficient
and textbook of choice all over the world which has perioperative care. There were also major updates
taught millions of anesthesiologists in an evidence- on chapters of the history of anesthesia, autonomic
based manner and helped them acquire knowledge nervous system, anatomy and physiology, common
efficiently. Recently launched eight editions in 2017 monitoring techniques, airway management, neuraxial
follow the legacy and brings a sense of pride among anesthesia, anesthesia for cardiac surgery, vascular and
practicing anesthesiologist.2 However, it was always endovascular surgeries, obstetric anesthesia, chronic
realized by the practicing physicians, academicians, pain, critical care, neonatal anesthesia, pediatric
and the students of the South Asian countries that the anesthesia, anesthesia for orthopedic surgeries, and
content are more suited to western conditions and ______________________________________
seemed less focused on the type of local practices, Correspondence: Dr Pawan Kumar Hamal, Department
contextual issues and challenges in therapeutics of of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, National Academy of
South Asian perspectives. Moreover, postgraduate Medical Sciences, National Trauma Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Email: nawaph@gmail.com, Phone: +977-9841262246.
students in this part of the world are on the continuous
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Hamal. Clinical Anesthesia, South Asian Edition: A Book Review
cardiopulmonary resuscitations. The chapters on Addition of “Must Know” and “Desirable to know”
anesthesia for cardiac surgery, chronic pain, neonatal content in the start of each chapter and pertinent
anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, anesthesia for multiple-choice questions at the end can be very
vascular and endovascular surgeries are great to read helpful for postgraduate students who are preparing
and thorough. for final and competitive exams.
Efforts have been made to incorporate the use of WAYS FORWARD
ultrasound techniques in different chapters particularly
regional and peripheral blocks, airway evaluation, The book is the first effort of both the south Asian
critical care to highlight the innovative technique editors and it is yet to be seen from the readers
for enhancing better perioperative care. There is a whether the book has met its objectives. However, it
great improvement in illustrations, tables, images, can be said with confidence that this book will meet
algorithms in most of the chapters to provide current the expectation and will evoke the sense of pride and
knowledge in anesthesia care. The contents have been belonging among the anesthesiologist in this part of
incorporated with online videos that are extremely the world.
useful for better understanding in the present context.
Conflict of Interest: None.
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Ortega R, et al. Clinical Anesthesia [Internet]. 8th ed. New
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