# Anesthesia Central

> All-in-One Mobile & Web App

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id347656772](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id347656772)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id347656772`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Unbound Medicine, Inc.
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (104 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.24
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-06
- **First published:** 2009-12-24
- **Size:** 9.35 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anesthesia-central/id347656772)
- **Website:** [https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com](https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy](http://www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy)

## Description

Anesthesia Central is an offline, all-in-one medical reference app for anesthesiology, combining key resources like MGH Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, Davis’s Drug Guide, Pocket ICU Management, and Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests. It provides fast navigation, cross-links between resources, calculators, note-taking, favorites, and seamless PubMed access to stay current on journals and research. The mobile and web experience is designed for anesthesiologists, residents, and perioperative teams who need quick, reliable information at the point of care.

Features include one-year drug updates, offline downloads, quick calculations, custom notes, favorites, and easy access to the PubMed database via Prime PubMed Search, all with user-friendly search and cross-link navigation.

## Rankings

- #133,753 — Overall

## Review summary

Anesthesia Central is praised as a comprehensive, portable all-in-one anesthesia reference with quick search, especially useful for students and SRNAs for drugs, procedures, and labs, and it includes the Davis drug guide. Common drawbacks are high and recurring costs, licensing problems when switching devices, content gaps or downgraded usefulness after updates, and some navigation/UX concerns.

### Pros

- All-in-one reference for drugs, procedures, and labs.
- Quick, well-written, organized content that’s easy to access during clinicals.
- Highly valued by students, SRNAs, and clinicians as a ready reference.
- Includes the Davis drug guide for quick, portable drug information.
- Portable in the OR and reduces the need to carry multiple textbooks.

### Cons

- High price with ongoing annual renewal requirements (not a one-time purchase).
- Device changes can trigger new purchases or access loss (licensing issues).
- Content gaps and variable quality in some sections (e.g., drug coverage, disease considerations).
- Updates or content reorganization can reduce usefulness (e.g., replacing concise manuals).
- Navigation/UX issues and perceived redundancy with other resources.

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