Mathematics and Statistics in Anaesthesia

ISBN-13: 9780192623126 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 272 str.

Steven Cruickshank

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Anesthesia residents often have enormous trouble understanding the qua ntitative aspects of the basic sciences underlying clinical anesthetic practice. The subjects of pharmokinetics and statistics are often unp opular with trainees, and studied with little enthusiasm. In spite of their reluctance, however, this is an area that residents are required to study and understand as a core part of their training. Mathematics and Statistics for Anaesthetists presents simple mathematical ideas, and explains how these can be used to model and understand problems wh ich arise in clinical anesthesia. The common features of the underlyin g mathematics are emphasized through a pictorial/graphical approach, i n preference to vast amounts of algebra. The book presents statistics in an informal and less intimidating style that most standard statisti cal texts, incorporating illustrations and cartoons throughout.