TY - BOOK AU - Christe,Barbara L. TI - Introduction to biomedical instrumentation: the technology of patient care SN - 9780521515122 (hbk.) PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Medical instruments and apparatus KW - Biomedical engineering KW - Medical electronics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; BMET as a career -- Patient safety -- In the workplace -- Electrodes, sensors, signals and noise -- The heart -- Cardiac assist devices -- Blood pressure -- Respiration and respiratory therapy -- The brain and its activity -- The intensive care unit -- The operating room -- Imaging -- Clinical laboratory equipment -- Intravenous pumps and other pumps ER -