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Physics of Instrumentation

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It is important for the anesthesiologist to be familiar with the physics of instrumentation to be able to effectively use the information provided by various monitors in the operating room. The basic physical principles of some of the commonly used monitors and equipment are explained here.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

    Verghese T. Cherian & Arne O. Budde

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  1. Verghese T. Cherian
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  1. Departments of General Anesthesia and Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Ehab Farag

  2. Center for Anesthesiology Education, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Maged Argalious

  3. Department of General Anesthesia, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    John E. Tetzlaff

  4. Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Deepak Sharma

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Cherian, V.T., Budde, A.O. (2018). Physics of Instrumentation. In: Farag, E., Argalious, M., Tetzlaff, J.E., Sharma, D. (eds) Basic Sciences in Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62067-1_35

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