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

By: Jeschke, Marc G [editor.].
Contributor(s): Kamolz, Lars-Peter [editor.] | Shahrokhi, Shahriar [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: V, 188 p. 50 illus., 43 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783709111338.Subject(s): Medicine | Anesthesiology | Dermatology | Emergency medicine | Nursing | Surgery | Medicine & Public Health | Surgery | Dermatology | Emergency Medicine | Anesthesiology | NursingDDC classification: 617 Online resources: Click here to access online
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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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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.

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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