Basic Physics and Measurement in Anesthesia

Revisions for this edition will include latest equipment and review of technical features, new European regulations, expanded EEG and infusion chapters, updated illustrations and new ones added, thorough review to cover FRCA requirements.

Sailent Features
* Offers a comprehensive guide to physical principles and their clinical application in anesthesia to help the reader practice safe and reliable anesthesia.
* Uses clinical examples throughout to aid in understanding.
* Provides practical advice on essential measurement and monitoring using the latest equipment and technology. Covers all topics related to equipment, physics and clinical measurement.
* Presents easy to understand information in a highly readable format with figures throughout to illustrate equipment and principles.

Table of Contents
* 1. Pressure
* 2. Fluid flow
* 3. Volume and flow measurement
* 4. The gas laws
* 5. Natural exponential functions
* 6. Solubility
* 7. Diffusion and osmosis
* 8. Work, energy and power
* 9. Temperature
* 10. Heat capacity and latent heat
* 11. Vaporizers
* 12. Humidification
* 13. The sine wave and wave patterns
* 14. Electricity
* 15. Biological electrical potentials: their display and recording
* 16. Electrical safety
* 17. Blood pressure measurement
* 18. Oxygen measurement
* 19. Hydrogen ion and carbon dioxide measurement
* 20. Further techniques of gas and vapour analysis
* 21. Gas supplies
* 22. Breathing and scavenging systems
* 23. Fires and explosions
* 24. Isotopes and radiation
* 25. Presentation and handling of data, basic measurement concepts
* 26. Assessment of awareness during anaesthesia
* Appendix