Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Greenhalgh, David G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgery.; Plastic surgery.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.; Plastic Surgery.; Traumatic Surgery.

This textbook on burn care is focused specifically on the needs of a surgeon. It provides a “how to do” text that presents the practical strategies for initial resuscitation, skin grafting, burn-specific critical care and ultimately guide the surgeon for the best outcomes for the burn surgeon. It pr...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology of Burn Injuries and Burn Care
• Burn Pathophysiology
• Airway Management
• Breathing
• Circulation: Burn Shock Resuscitation
• Metabolic Response to Burn
• Infection and Sepsis
• Wound Healing
• Operative Management of Burns
• Physical Rehabilitation
• Burn Reconstruction Basics
• Outpatient Management of Burns
• Burns in Children
• Burns in the Geriatric Population
• Electrical Injuries
• Chemical Burns
• Cold Injuries
• Exfoliating and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Diseases
• Pain Management
• Important Developments in the Management of Fibroproliferative Scars and Contractures after Burn Injury
• Psychosocial Recovery
• Burn-related Child and Adult Abuse
• Burn Prevention for the Surgeon.