Handbook of Burns Volume 1

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. History, epidemiology, prevention and education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A history of burn care

      • Leopoldo C. Cancio, Steven E. Wolf

      Pages 3-17

   3. Epidemiology and prevention of burns throughout the world

      • Michael D. Peck

      Pages 19-60

   4. Prevention of burn injuries

      • Anna Arno, Judy Knighton

      Pages 61-73

   5. Burns associated with wars and disasters

      • Jonathan B. Lundy, Leopoldo C. Cancio

      Pages 75-88

   6. Education in burns

      • Kunaal Jindal, Shahriar Shahrokhi

      Pages 89-95

   7. European practice guidelines for burn care: Minimum level of burn care provision in Europe

      • Pavel Brychta

      Pages 97-102

3. Pre-hospital and initial management of burns

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. Pre-hospital, fluid and early management, burn wound evaluation

      • Folke Sjöberg

      Pages 105-116

   3. Medical documentation of burn injuries

      • Herbert L. Haller, Michael Giretzlehner, Johannes Dirnberger, Robert Owen

      Pages 117-129

   4. Pathophysiology of burn injury

      • Gerd G. Gauglitz, Marc G. Jeschke

      Pages 131-149

   5. Anesthesia for patients with acute burn injuries

      • Lee C. Woodson, Edward Sherwood, Alexis McQuitty, Mark D. Talon

      Pages 151-162

   6. Diagnosis and management of inhalation injury

      • Tina L. Palmieri, Richard L. Gamelli

      Pages 163-172

   7. Respiratory management

      • Robert Cartotto

      Pages 173-190

4. Acute burn care and therapy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Organ responses and organ support

      • Kathryn L. Butler, Robert L. Sheridan

      Pages 193-201

   3. Critical care of thermally injured patient

      • Mette M. Berger, Shahriar Shahrokhi, Marc G. Jeschke

      Pages 203-220

   4. Treatment of infection in burns

      • Gerd G. Gauglitz, Shahriar Shahrokhi, Marc G. Jeschke

      Pages 221-240

   5. Acute treatment of severely burned pediatric patients

      • Gerd G. Gauglitz, Marc G. Jeschke

      Pages 241-257

This volume covers the entire spectrum of acute burn treatment. Individual chapters deal with basic aspects of different burn mechanisms as well as the acute care of burn patients. Pre-hospital management, critical care and basic concepts of burn surgery related to the acute phase, as well as the use of skin and skin substitutes in early stages of therapy are addressed in this volume. Chapters on supportive therapies such as optimizing nutrition and fluid homeostasis, infection control and treatment, respiratory support and pain management complete the comprehensive approach to the patient in this early stage of treatment, while chapters on epidemiology, prevention and disaster management enable the reader to evaluate the given information in a broader context.

From the reviews:

“This is the first volume of a two-volume set of books intended to be a comprehensive reference for burn injury and related problems managed in burn centers. It provides a state-of-the-art presentation on early burn management. Senior trainees and practitioners in general and plastic surgery are an appropriate audience for this work coming from major burn centers in the U.S. and Europe. … This is a worthy general update for practitioners.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, September, 2012)

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada

  Marc G. Jeschke

• Plastische, Aesthetische und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

  Lars-Peter Kamolz

• Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

  Folke Sjöberg

• Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

  Folke Sjöberg

• Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, USA

  Steven E. Wolf

Marc J. Jeschke, M.D., PhD, FACS, FRCSC

Director, Ross Tilley Burn Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre;

Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute;

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada

 

Lars P. Kamolz, M.D., M.Sc.

Section of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

 

Folke Sjöberg, M.D.

Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Sweden;

President of European Burns Association

 

Steven E. Wolf, M.D.

Director of the Burn Center at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA

 

 

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