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Anesthesia equipment : principles and applications / editors, Jan Ehrenwerth, James B. Eisenkraft, James M. Berry.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: St. Louism Missouri : Elsevier, 2021Edition: Third editionDescription: xii, 644 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780323672795
  • 0323672795
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RD78.8 .ANE 2021
Contents:
Part1: Gases and ventilation. Medical gases: storage and supply The anesthesia machine and workstation Anesthesia vaporizers Breathing circuits Waste anesthetic gases and scavenging systems Anesthesia ventilators Humidification and filtration Part2: System monitors. Respiratory gas monitoring Monitoring ventilation Part3: Patient monitors. Capnography Pulse oximetry Hemodynamic monitoring Temperature monitoring Part4: Other equipment. Airway equipment Preventing transmission of infectious diseases Infusion pumps Part5: Vigilance, alarms, and ergonomics. Vigilance, alarms, and integrated monitoring systems Ergonomics of the anesthesia workspace Part6: Special conditions. Closed-circuit anesthesia Anesthesia delivery in the MRI environment Anesthesia at high altitude Anesthesia in difficult locations and in developing countries Part7: Safety, standards, and quality. Hazards of the anesthesia delivery system Electrical and fire safety Machine checkout and quality assurance Risk management and medicolegal aspects of anesthesia equipment use Standards and regulatory considerations
Summary: Offering highly visual, easy-to-read coverage of the full range of anesthesia equipment in use today, this authoritative reference is your go-to text for objective, informed answers to ensure optimal patient safety. Anesthesia Equipment, 3rd Edition, provides detailed information on the intricate workings of each device or workstation, keeping you fully up to date and helping you meet both equipment and patient care challenges. Remains unequalled in both depth and breadth of coverage, offering readable, concise guidance on all aspects of today's anesthesia machines and equipment. Details the latest machines, vaporizers, ventilators, breathing systems, vigilance, ergonomics, and simulation. Improves your understanding of the physical principles of equipment, the rationale for its use, delivery systems for inhalational anesthesia, systems monitoring, hazards and safety features, maintenance and quality assurance, special situations/equipment for non-routine adult anesthesia, and future directions for the field. Includes ASA Practice Parameters for care, and helps you ensure patient safety with detailed advice on risk management and medicolegal implications of equipment use. Highlights the text with hundreds of full-color line drawings and photographs, graphs, and charts. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
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Books Books Masvingo Teaching Hospital Library General Stacks Masvingo Teaching Hospital Library Non-fiction RD78.8 ANE 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Pending hold 032566
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Previous edition: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part1: Gases and ventilation. Medical gases: storage and supply
The anesthesia machine and workstation
Anesthesia vaporizers
Breathing circuits
Waste anesthetic gases and scavenging systems
Anesthesia ventilators
Humidification and filtration
Part2: System monitors. Respiratory gas monitoring
Monitoring ventilation
Part3: Patient monitors. Capnography
Pulse oximetry
Hemodynamic monitoring
Temperature monitoring
Part4: Other equipment. Airway equipment
Preventing transmission of infectious diseases
Infusion pumps
Part5: Vigilance, alarms, and ergonomics. Vigilance, alarms, and integrated monitoring systems
Ergonomics of the anesthesia workspace
Part6: Special conditions. Closed-circuit anesthesia
Anesthesia delivery in the MRI environment
Anesthesia at high altitude
Anesthesia in difficult locations and in developing countries
Part7: Safety, standards, and quality. Hazards of the anesthesia delivery system
Electrical and fire safety
Machine checkout and quality assurance
Risk management and medicolegal aspects of anesthesia equipment use
Standards and regulatory considerations

Offering highly visual, easy-to-read coverage of the full range of anesthesia equipment in use today, this authoritative reference is your go-to text for objective, informed answers to ensure optimal patient safety. Anesthesia Equipment, 3rd Edition, provides detailed information on the intricate workings of each device or workstation, keeping you fully up to date and helping you meet both equipment and patient care challenges. Remains unequalled in both depth and breadth of coverage, offering readable, concise guidance on all aspects of today's anesthesia machines and equipment. Details the latest machines, vaporizers, ventilators, breathing systems, vigilance, ergonomics, and simulation. Improves your understanding of the physical principles of equipment, the rationale for its use, delivery systems for inhalational anesthesia, systems monitoring, hazards and safety features, maintenance and quality assurance, special situations/equipment for non-routine adult anesthesia, and future directions for the field. Includes ASA Practice Parameters for care, and helps you ensure patient safety with detailed advice on risk management and medicolegal implications of equipment use. Highlights the text with hundreds of full-color line drawings and photographs, graphs, and charts. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

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