BASIC Essentials
A Comprehensive Review for the Anesthesiology BASIC Exam

Focused and results-based, this important board review title covers everything that residents need to know when preparing for their Anesthesiology BASIC exam. Written by residents familiar with the exam, its use of bullet points and illustrations enables effective learning and efficient exam preparation. Providing a comprehensive review of all exam topics, the guide uses a clear and focused note-taking style to present 'high-yield' information, enabling efficient study techniques. Bullet points and short paragraphs feature to help rapid understanding, with margin space provided to annotate and add further notes. The helpful format ensures that all exam preparation, including notes from question banks, can be kept in this 'one-stop' review book. Mirroring the BASIC exam requirements, this book covers clinical anesthetic practice, pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, and anesthesia equipment and monitoring. Written by residents for residents, it is an essential preparation resource for the Anesthesiology BASIC exam.

1. Anatomy Dallis Clendeninn and Nadia Hernandez; 2. Anesthesia delivery systems Morgane Giordano, Jeron Zerillo and Bryan Hill; 3. Monitoring methods Tyler Chernin; 4. Ventilators alarms and safety features Jonathan A. Paul and Michael D. Lazar; 5. Defibrillators Matthew A. Levin; 6. Electrical, fire and explosion hazards, basic electronics Thomas Palaia and Andrew Schwartz; 7. Basic mathematics and statistics Hung-Mo Lin, Hae-Young Kim and John Michael Williamson; 8. General pharmacology Shaji Faisal and Ben Toure; 9. Anesthetics: gases and vapor Christopher R. Cowart; 10. Anesthetic-intravenous: opioids Vanny Le; 11. Anesthetic-intravenous Christopher Sikorski; 12. Anesthetic – local Christina L. Jeng and Chang H. Park; 13. Muscle relaxants (depolarizing, non-depolarizing) Katherine Loftus and Andrew Goldberg; 14. Evaluation of the patient and pre-operative preparation Ellen Flanagan; 15. Preparation for general anesthesia and premedication Daniel G. Springer and Theresa A. Gelzinis; 16. Regional anesthesia Ali Shariat; 17. General anesthesia Petrus Paulus Steyn and Jeffrey Derham; 18. Monitored anesthesia care and sedation Ethan Bryson; 19. Intravenous fluid therapy in the perioperative period Stefan A. Ianchulev and Charles P. Plant; 20. Complications (etiology, prevention, treatment) Andrew Glasgow; 21. Postanesthesia recovery period – analgesics Gabriel C. Baltazar, Anuj Malhotra and Rebecca E. Lee; 22. Postanesthesia recovery period – common scenarios Gabriel C. Baltazar and Rebecca E. Lee; 23. Central and peripheral nervous system Jung Kim; 24. Pain mechanisms and pathways James Yeh and Yury Khelemsky; 25. Autonomic nervous system Thomas Palaia, Joseph Park, Nakiyah Knibbs and Jeffrey Ciccone; 26. Central nervous system anatomy Devon Flaherty and Jonathan Gal; 27. Respiratory physiology Maria Castillo; 28. Respiratory system anatomy Samuel Hunter and Daniel Katz; 29. Respiratory system: pharmacology Kyle James Riley and Daniel Katz; 30. Cardiac physiology Denes Papp and Bhoumesh Patel; 31. Basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medications, defibrillators and advanced cardiac life support algorithms Agathe Streiff and Tyler Chernin; 32. Normal anatomy of heart and major vessels Claire Joseph and Diana Anca; 33. Cardiovascular pharmacology Edward Mathney; 34. Gastrointestinal systems Bryan Hill; 35. Renal anatomy and physiology Micheal Lazar; 36. Renal pharmacology Sanford Littwin; 37. Hematologic system: coagulation, anticoagulation, anti-platelet and thrombolytics Raj Parekh and Katelyn O'Connor; 38. Transfusions Christy Anthony and Michal Gajewski; 39. Reactions to transfusions Marc Sherwin, Natalie Smith and Sang J. Kim; 40. Endocrine and metabolic systems Daniel R. Mandell and Kathirvel Subramaniam; 41. Neuromuscular physiology and disorders Jacqueline Geier; 42. Special problems or issues in anesthesiology Martha Schuessler and Sanjana Vig.

Alopi M. Patel is Pain Medicine Fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine at Mount Sinai St Luke's and West Hospitals.
Himani V. Bhatt is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and in the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Sang J. Kim is Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College.