© 2021 Physics for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists From Daily Life to Clinical Practice Authors (view affiliations) Antonio Pisano

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    • Book Title Physics for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists
    • Book Subtitle From Daily Life to Clinical Practice
    • Authors Antonio Pisano
    • Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-72046-9
    • Edition Number 2
    • Number of Pages XVII, 275
    • Number of Illustrations 0 b/w illustrations, 82 illustrations in colour
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        • Topics:  Anesthesiology
          Intensive / Critical Care Medicine
          Emergency Medicine
          Nursing
          Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
          Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

       

     

  • Written by a clinician for clinicians
  • Provides insights into the phenomena and the functioning of devices encountered on a daily basis
  • Uses a didactic approach with examples from daily life, making it readable even for those who don’t understand physics

 

his book, now in its 2nd edition, discusses, explains and provides detailed, up-to-date information on physics applied to clinical practice in anesthesiology and critical care medicine, 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 the Hagen-Poiseuille equation, or of slightly more complex topics such as harmonic motion and electromagnetism, to name just a few, offer anesthesiologists and intensivists fascinating insights into why they do what they do.

After an introductory chapter that brushes up on all the (few) mathematics the reader will need to face the book, with many practical examples and clinical applications, each of the following 20 chapters deals with some everyday phenomena, explains them with one or more physical laws, and shows why these laws are important in anesthesia and critical care practice. Many illustrations are included for extra clarity.

This enriched and updated edition of Physics for Anesthesiologists is intended for anesthesiologists, intensivists, anesthesia and intensive care medicine teachers and trainees, as well as medical students.

Keywords

Hemodynamic monitoring Anesthesia Critical care Airway management Ultrasonography

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Before Starting

Front Matter

Pages 1-1

 

A Little Math we Will Need Throughout the Book and a Clinical Application Immediately

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Pages 3-21

 

  Gases, Bubbles and Surroundings

Front Matter

Pages 23-23

 

Coffee, Popcorn, and Oxygen Cylinders: The Ideal Gas Law

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Pages 25-37

Boats, Balloons, and Air Bubbles: Archimedes’ Principle

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Pages 39-44

Dalton’s Law and Fick’s Law: Resorption Atelectasis, Membrane Oxygenators, and How an Air Bubble May Affect Blood Gas Analysis

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Pages 45-54

Cold, Sodas, and Blood Gas Analysis: Henry’s Law

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Pages 55-59

Bubbles, Tracheal Tube Cuffs, and Reservoir Bags: Surface Tension and

Laplace’s Law

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Pages 61-74

 

  Fluids in Motion or at Rest: Masks, Tubes, Invasive Pressure Monitoring, and Hemodynamics

Front Matter

Pages 75-75

Continuity Equation and Bernoulli’s Theorem: Airplanes, Venturi Masks, and Other Interesting Things (for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists)

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Pages 77-88

From Tubes and Catheters to the Basis of Hemodynamics: Viscosity and Hagen–Poiseuille Equation

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Pages 89-98

Toothpaste, Sea Deeps, and Invasive Pressure Monitoring: Stevin’s Law and Pascal’s Principle

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Pages 99-109

 

  Heat, Temperature, and Electricity: Hemodynamic Monitoring and Much More

Front Matter

Pages 111-111

 

Heat, Cardiac Output, and What Is the Future: The Laws of Thermodynamics

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Pages 113-123

Electric Current, Resistance, Circuits, Thermoelectric Effect: Platelet Aggregometry, Pressure Transducers, and Temperature Monitoring

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Pages 125-140

 

Spark plugs, Computer Keyboards, and Defibrillators: Capacitors

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Pages 141-147

 

  Forces in Action

Front Matter

Pages 149-149

 

 

Doors, Steering Wheels, Laryngoscopes, and Central Venous Catheters: The Moment of a Force

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Pages 151-158

Friction, Trigonometry, and Newton’s Laws: All About Trendelenburg Position

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Pages 159-169

Authors and affiliations

  • Antonio Pisano
    • 1
  1. 1.Cardiac Anesthesia and ICUAORN Dei Colli, Monaldi HospitalNaplesItaly

About the authors

Antonio Pisano is a 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. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Hemodynamic Monitoring and Perioperative Hemodynamic Management in Cardiac Surgery at the Postgraduate School of Cardiac Surgery, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy. He has published numerous papers in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesia & Analgesia, the American Heart Journal, and the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. He is a book author and the author of several book chapters in the field of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, including a chapter in two different editions of the renowned Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia textbook. Currently, he is the principal investigator in several multicenter randomized trials and is a reviewer for various international journals. He is, of course, also a great physics enthusiast.

 

 

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