Gas monitoring and pulse oximetry

Author(s)

• Gravenstein, J. S.

Bibliographic Information

Gas monitoring and pulse oximetry

J.S. Gravenstein

Butterworths-Heinemann, c1990

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An introduction to, and overview of, blood gas monitoring with particular reference to pulse oximetry. The book describes the principles behind this technology and provides instructions on when to monitor and how to interpret the data.

Table of Contents

• Primer for gas monitoring and pluse oximetry
• the water vapor story
• of gas volumes, flows and time constants
• solubility
• monitoring the function of the anesthesia
• the concentration effect and diffusion hypoxia
• cardiogenic oscillations
• before induction
• general anesthesia
• pulse oximetry and monitoring of gases in patients under regional or local anesthesia with without sedation
• metabolic changes
• ventillation-perfusion inequalities
• methods of gas analysis
• about haemoglobin saturation measurements.

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Details

• NCID: BA11933152
• ISBN:
  • 0409902616
• LCCN: 90001328
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 148 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RD82
  • NLM : WO 200 G776g
  • DC20 : 617.9/6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Anesthesiology
  • LCSH : Oximetry
  • LCSH : Patient monitoring
  • LCSH : Modell, Jerome H., 1932-
  • MESH : Anesthesia
  • MESH : Monitoring, Physiologic
  • MESH : Oximetry