From the book Quantum Measurement by Vladimir B. Braginsky and Farid Ya.Khalili
How do they go from 5.18 to 5.19?

From the book Quantum Measurement by Vladimir B. Braginsky and Farid Ya.Khalili
How do they go from 5.18 to 5.19?

See Qmechanic's discussion (especially point III) from a related thread on physics.SE.
The SE robot thinks my answer is trivial and relegated it to a comment, so I'm adding more words to foil its interference. You should be able to find what you need in Qmechanic's post.