Burns a practical approach to immediate treatment and long-term care Rob Sheridan

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents 1. Background, Recent History, Epidemiology, Organization of Burn Care, Long Term Outcomes 2. Physiology of Burns, Local Response to Burn Injury, Systemic Response to Burn Injury, Pediatric Considerations, Geriatric Considerations 3. Initial Care, Prehospital and Interhospital Transport, Primary Survey, Secondary Survey, Initial Wound Care, Escharotomies and Fasciotomies 4. Fluid Resuscitation, Resuscitation Physiology, Resuscitation Practice 5. Initial Wound Excision and Closure Evaluation of the Wound, Determining the Time and Need for Operation, Techniques of Burn Wound Excision, Techniques to Minimize Blood Loss, Graft Fixation and Postoperative Wound Care, Skin Substitutes, Donor Site Management 6. Respiratory Issues, Inhalation Injury, Carbon Monoxide and Cyanide Exposures, Respiratory Failure, Chronic Airway Management, Weaning and Extubation 7. Burn Critical Care, Neurologic and Pain Control Issues, Critical Care Hemodynamic and Electrolyte Issues, Vascular Access Issues, Nutritional Support Issues, Complications and Sepsis, Burn Wound Infection 8. Definitive Wound Closure, Facial Burns, Eyelid Burns, Ear Burns, Scalp Burns, Neck Burns, Hand Burns, Genital Burns 9. Special Situations, Electrical Injuries, Chemical Injury, Hot Tar Injury, Cold Injury, Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Purpura Fulminans, Staphylococcal Scaled Skin Syndrome, Soft Tissue Trauma and Infections, Injuries of Abuse 10. Outpatient Management, Patient Selection, Techniques 11. Burn Rehabilitation, Early Acute Burn Rehabilitation, Late Acute Burn Rehabilitation, Longterm Burn Rehabilitation and Scar Management 12. Reconstruction and Aftercare, Head and Neck, Hand, Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, Aftercare and Emotional Recovery Index

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