Physics Applied to Anaesthesia
- 2nd Edition - January 1, 1972
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: D. W. Hill
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 9 5 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 3 1 6 - 7
Physics Applied to Anaesthesia explains to doctors the concepts of physics and its applications in the field of anesthesiology. The book discusses topics in physics in relation to… Read more
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Request a sales quotePhysics Applied to Anaesthesia explains to doctors the concepts of physics and its applications in the field of anesthesiology. The book discusses topics in physics in relation to the field of anesthesiology, which include the fundamental concepts of mechanics; the different properties of liquids and gases; the gas laws; and heat. The text also covers topics more specific to anesthesiology and medicine such as anesthetic vaporizers; automatic lung ventilators and respirators; and the electrical, fire, and explosion hazards in the operating room. The monograph is recommended for anesthesiologists who would like to be familiarized with the different principles and concepts related to their field and the administration of its related drugs.
Foreword to first editionPrefaceAbbreviationsRespiratory SymbolsConversion Table1 Some Mathematical Concepts Trigonometry : Circular measure : Plotting graphs with linear axes : Indices : Rationalization : Logarithms : Semi-logarithmic and logarithmic plots : Decibels : Differentiation : Integration : Exponential equations : Time constant and half-life : Exponential decay of a dye dilution curve : Elimination of a substance from more than one body compartment : Application of exponential equations2 Computer Techniques Operational amplifiers : Summation : Integration : Application of integrating circuits : Differentiation : Inversion : Multiplication by a constant : Some applications of analogue computers : Analogue cardiac output computers : Digital computers3 Mechanics Fundamental concepts : Dimensional analysis : Units and definitions : The SI system of units : Mass and weight: Length : Velocity and acceleration : Force : Pressure : Gauge pressure and absolute pressure : Pressure gauges : Pressure regulators : Demand-type regulators : Medical gas cylinders : Work : Work cost of breathing : Cardiac work : Respiratory resistance : Power : Energy : Energy aspects of respiration : Myocardial contractility4 Authomatic Lung Ventilators and Respirators Body respirators : Automatic lung respirators : Compliance : Pressure and now generators : Ventilatory parameters : Minute volume dividers : Application of negative pressure during the expiratory phase : Patient triggering : Controlled ventilation : Humidifiers : Assisters : Fluid logic controlled ventilators : Fluid logic volume-cycled ventilators : Specific ventilators : Miniature ventilators5 Properties of Liquids, Gases and Vapours Density : Viscosity : Newton's law of viscous flow : Laminar or streamline flow : Turbulent flow : Relationship between flow and pressure : Critical velocity : Concept of peripheral resistance : Units of viscosity : Anomalous viscosity of blood : Flow of fluids through orifices : Critical orifice : Factors affecting the calibration of rotameter gas flow meters : Injectors : Surface tension : Surface tension and the lungs : Diff*usion of gases : Solubility of gases in liquids : Solubility coefficients : Oxygen content, capacity and saturation of blood : Partition of carbon dioxide in plasma : The partition of carbon dioxide in whole blood : Solubility considerations of hyperbaric oxygen therapy : Solubility of volatile anaesthetics in water or blood : Partition or distribution coefficients : Solubility of volatile anaesthetics in oil: Properties of vapours : Factors affecting the uptake of anaesthetic gases and vapours : Concentration effect : Variation of saturated vapour pressure with temperature : Humidity : Absolute humidity : Relative humidity : Dew point : Hygrometers : Humidifiers6 The Gas Laws Dalton's law of partial pressure : Boyle's law : Charles' law : Absolute scale of temperature : Expansion of gases : Equation state of a perfect gas : Van der Waals equation of state for real gases : Isothermals : Withdrawal of gas from a nitrous oxide cylinder : Weight of substance (liquid+gas) in a cylinder : Production of pre-mixed nitrous oxide and oxygen : Variation of pressure with height7 Heat Temperature scales : Units of heat : Specific heat : Specific heat of gases : Isothermal and adiabatic changes : Latent heat and change of state : Evaporation : Transfer of heat : Conduction : Convection : Radiation : Dewar vessel or vacuum flask : Pipeline systems for medical gases8 Anaesthetic Vaporizers Simple plenum vaporizers : Improved plenum vaporizers : Vaporizers for use with intermittent flows : Use of vaporizers with circle anaesthetic systems : Inhalers for midwifery : Action of trichloroethylene on soda lime : Use of vaporizers in series: Vaporizers for use within circle systems : Effect of I.P.P.R. on a vaporizer situated outside a circle : Dental vaporizers : Vaporization from a drip feed or direct injection of a volatile anaesthetic : Calibration of anaesthetic vaporizers : Refractive index method : Ultra-violet and infra-red method : Gas chromatography : Performance of anaesthetic vaporizers under hyperbaric and hypobaric conditions : Pressurized vaporizers9 Electrical, Fire and Explosion Hazards in the Operating Room Sources of ignition : Sparks and static electricity : Prevention of static charge formation : Antistatic flooring : Antistatic rubber : Clothing : Antistatic sprays : Humidification : Sparks from electrical apparatus : Sparks from surgical diathermy apparatus : Flammability characteristics of some volatile anaesthetic agents: Zone of danger and ventilation : Halothane as a non-explosive anaesthetic agent : Use of halothane, methoxyflurane and fluroxene under hyperbaric conditions : Use of nitrous oxideCONTENTS oxygen-halothane mixtures in hyperbaric chamber : Misuse of oxygen cylinders and regulators : Patient safety with electrical equipment : Burns from the surgical diathermy unit : Regulations applicable to equipment for use in the operating room10 Pysical Optics, Photometry and Spectrophotometry Light and electromagnetic radiation : Light as waves or a stream of particles : Polarized light and optical activity : Lighting in the operating room : Photometric units : Units of intensity of illumination : Luminous flux : Brightness of a surface : Spectral composition of operating room lighting : Optical instruments of interest to the anaesthetist : Optical absorption instruments : Principles of optical absorption : Absorption spectrum of indocyanine dye : Non-dispersive infra-red gas analysers : Ultraviolet halothane analyser : Gas discharge nitrogen meter : Oximeters11 Ionizing Radiations Atomic structure of matter : X-radiation : Radioactive isotopes : Isotopes : Atomic mass unit : Mass number : Nuclides : Symbolic representation of nuclides : Stable and unstable nuclei : Modes of disintegration of nuclei : Beta particles : Alpha particles : Gamma radiation : Beta decay by positron emission : Electron capture : Internal conversion : Metastable states : Radioactive decay and half-life : Biological half-life : Radiological protection : The röntgen : The rad : Relative biological effectiveness : Unit of radioactivity : The curie : Rad-equivalent man : Maximum permissible doses : Clinical application of isotopes
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 1, 1972
- No. of pages (eBook): 324
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483109503
- eBook ISBN: 9781483103167
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