Burn Care and Treatment [electronic resource] : A Practical Guide / edited by Marc G. Jeschke, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Shahriar Shahrokhi

Author: Jeschke, Marc G.
Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Physical Description: V, 188 pages 50 illustrations, 43 illustrations in color : digital
Additional Creators: Kamolz, Lars-Peter, Shahrokhi, Shahriar, and SpringerLink (Online service)

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Contents

Pre-hospital, fluid and early management, burn wound evaluation -- Pathophysiology of Brun Injury -- Anaesthesia and Pain Management -- Wound Healing and Wound Care -- Infection Control -- Acute Burn Surgery -- Critical Care of Burn Victims Including Inhalation Injury -- Nutrition of the Burned Patient and Treatment of the Hypermetabolic Response -- Nursing Management of the Burn-injured Person -- Electrical Injury, Chemical Burns, and cold Injury "Frostbite" -- Long-term Pathophysiology and Consequences of Burns Including Scarring, HTS, Keloids and Scar Treatment, Rehabilitation, Exercise -- Burn Reconstruction..

Summary

This practical guide offers a comprehensive summary of the most important and most immediate therapeutic approaches in the assessment and treatment of burn injuries. Taking into account age-specific needs in pediatric, adult, and elderly burn patients, the book discusses key issues such as pre-hospital treatment, wound care and infection control, burn nursing, and critical care. In addition, burn reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation for burn victims are described. Written in a concise manner, Burn Care and Treatment provides guidelines for the optimal care in order to improve patient outcome, and thus will be a valuable reference for physicians, surgeons, residents, nurses, and other burn care providers.

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9783709111338

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