Book contents
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Data Analysis and Medical Statistics
- Chapter 2 Basic Physics and Electronics
- Chapter 3 Heat, Temperature and Humidity
- Chapter 4 Behaviour of Fluids
- Chapter 5 Gas Measurement and Supply
- Chapter 6 Gas Concentration Measurement
- Chapter 7 Blood Gas Analysis
- Chapter 8 Vapours and Vaporizers
- Chapter 9 Ventilators and Breathing Systems
- Chapter 10 Safety in the Clinical Environment
- Chapter 11 Blood Pressure Measurement
- Chapter 12 Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Chapter 13 Cardiac Support Equipment
- Chapter 14 Ultrasound and Doppler
- Chapter 15 Atomic Structure, Radiation, Imaging and Lasers
- Chapter 16 Electro-biophysiology
- Index
Chapter 5 - Gas Measurement and Supply
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 August 2019
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Maths, Physics and Clinical Measurement for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Data Analysis and Medical Statistics
- Chapter 2 Basic Physics and Electronics
- Chapter 3 Heat, Temperature and Humidity
- Chapter 4 Behaviour of Fluids
- Chapter 5 Gas Measurement and Supply
- Chapter 6 Gas Concentration Measurement
- Chapter 7 Blood Gas Analysis
- Chapter 8 Vapours and Vaporizers
- Chapter 9 Ventilators and Breathing Systems
- Chapter 10 Safety in the Clinical Environment
- Chapter 11 Blood Pressure Measurement
- Chapter 12 Cardiac Output Monitoring
- Chapter 13 Cardiac Support Equipment
- Chapter 14 Ultrasound and Doppler
- Chapter 15 Atomic Structure, Radiation, Imaging and Lasers
- Chapter 16 Electro-biophysiology
- Index
Summary
You are anaesthetizing a patient for drainage of an abscess and decide to use oxygen and nitrous oxide along with an anaesthetic vapour.
How are these gases supplied and how do we ensure accurate measures of airway pressures and tidal volumes during the procedure?
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019