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Local anaesthetics — max dose, toxicity, treatment
Frequency: Every year
General anaesthesia — stages, equipment
Frequency: Often
Pain management — WHO ladder
Frequency: Sometimes
Spinal / epidural — contraindications
Frequency: Sometimes
Morgan & Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology
Butterworth, Mackey & Wasnick · 7th
Comprehensive anaesthesia reference covering pharmacology, regional, and pain management.
Lidocaine 4.5 mg/kg plain, 7 mg/kg with adrenaline. Bupivacaine 2 mg/kg. Prilocaine 6 mg/kg.
UPSC CMS includes ~8 Anaesthesia questions, mostly testing local anaesthetic pharmacology and resuscitation concepts.
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Medically reviewed by Dr. Ananya Reddy, MBBS, AIIMS New Delhi (2018), UPSC CMS AIR-1 (2024). Last reviewed 21 July 2026.