Overview
Written by a clinician for clinicians
Provides insights into the phenomena and the functioning of devices that anesthesiologists encounter on a daily basis
Uses a “divulgatory” approach with numerous examples from daily life, making it an enjoyable read even for those who don’t usually like or understand physics
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Gases, Bubbles and Surroundings
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Fluids in Motion: Masks, Tubes, and Hemodynamics
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Hemodynamic Monitoring
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Inhalational Anesthesia
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Waves
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About this book
This book discusses, explains and provides detailed, up-to-date information on physics applied to clinical practice in anesthesiology, with the aid of simple examples from daily life. Almost everything that happens around us, including in the operating room and intensive care units, can be explained by physical laws. An awareness and understanding of relatively simple laws such as Bernoulli’s theorem, Hagen-Poiseuille equation and Pascal’s principle, to name just a few, offer anesthesiologists and intensivists fascinating insights into why they do what they do.
Each of the 16 chapters starts with an everyday phenomenon, explains it with a physical law, and then shows why that law is important in anesthesia practice. Numerous illustrations are included for extra clarity.
It is intended for anesthesiologists, intensivists, anesthesia teachers, anesthesia trainees, and medical students.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Antonio Pisano is staff anesthesiologist and intensivist at the Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit of the Monaldi High Specialty and University Hospital, A.O. “Dei Colli”, Naples, Italy. His many scientific contributions include, among others, papers published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesia & Analgesia, and the American Heart Journal. He is author of several book chapters in the field of anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and non-invasive ventilation, including a chapter of the 7th edition of the renowned Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia. He is also co-editor of the book “Reducing Mortality in Acute Kidney Injury” published by Springer in 2016. Currently, he is principal investigator in several multicenter randomized trials and he collaborates with various international journals as a reviewer. Of course, he is also a great physics enthusiast!
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physics for Anesthesiologists
Book Subtitle: From Daily Life to the Operating Room
Authors: Antonio Pisano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57330-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86135-7Published: 04 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57330-4Published: 10 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 171
Number of Illustrations: 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Anesthesiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Physics, general, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Nursing