Burn Care and Treatment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-v

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2. Initial Assessment, Resuscitation, Wound Evaluation and Early Care

   • Shahriar Shahrokhi

   Pages 1-12

3. Pathophysiology of Burn Injury

   • Marc G. Jeschke

   Pages 13-29

4. Wound Healing and Wound Care

   • Gerd G. Gauglitz

   Pages 31-42

5. Infections in Burns

   • Shahriar Shahrokhi

   Pages 43-55

6. Acute Burn Surgery

   • Lars-Peter Kamolz

   Pages 57-65

7. Critical Care of Burn Victims Including Inhalation Injury

   • Marc G. Jeschke

   Pages 67-89

8. Nutrition of the Burned Patient and Treatment of the Hypermetabolic Response

   • Marc G. Jeschke

   Pages 91-110

9. Nursing Management of the Burn-Injured Person

   • Judy Knighton

   Pages 111-147

10. Electrical Injury, Chemical Burns, and Cold Injury “Frostbite”

    • Shahriar Shahrokhi

    Pages 149-155

11. Long-Term Pathophysiology and Consequences of a Burn Including Scarring, HTS, Keloids and Scar Treatment, Rehabilitation, Exercise

    • Gerd G. Gauglitz

    Pages 157-165

12. Burn Reconstruction Techniques

    • Lars-Peter Kamolz, Stephan Spendel

    Pages 167-181

13. Back Matter

    Pages 183-188

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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.​  

• burns
• reconstruction
• rehabilitation
• treatment
• wound

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Toronto, Canada

  Marc G. Jeschke

• , Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

  Lars-Peter Kamolz

• , Ross Tilley Burn Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  Shahriar Shahrokhi

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