From resuscitation through reconstruction and rehabilitation, Total Burn Care walks you through every step of the burn management process. In this updated Sixth Edition, leading authority Dr. David N. Herndon is joined by new co-editor and plastic surgeon, Dr. Rajiv Sood, to provide detailed procedural guidelines that benefit everyone on the burn care team. This integrated, multidisciplinary text remains an indispensable resource for general and plastic surgeons, intensivists, anesthetists, and nurses, offering practical guidance on meeting the clinical, physical, psychological, and social needs of every patient.
PART I BURN CARE 1 A Brief History of Acute Burn Care Management 2 Teamwork for Total Burn Care: Burn Centers and Multidisciplinary Burn Teams 3 Epidemiological, Demographic, and Outcome Characteristics of Burns 4 Burn Management in Disasters and Humanitarian Crises 5 Care of Outpatient Burns 6 Prehospital Management, Transportation, and Emergency Care 7 Pathophysiology of Burn Shock and Burn Edema 8 Burn Resuscitation 9 Burn Wound Evaluation 10 Treatment of Infection in Burn Patients 11 Operative Wound Management 12 Anesthesia for Burn Surgery 13 The Skin Bank 14 Skin Substitutes, New Developments 15 The Pathophysiology of Inhalation Injury 16 Diagnosis and Treatment of Inhalation Injury 17 Respiratory Care 18 Hematology, Hemostasis, Thromboprophylaxis, and Transfusion Medicine in Burn Patients 19 Significance of the Hormonal, Adrenal, and Sympathetic Responses to Burn Injury 20 Importance of Mineral and Bone Metabolism After Burn 21 Trace Element, Vitamin, and Electrolyte Homeostasis in Major Burns 22 Nutritional Needs and Support for the Burn Patient 23 Modulation of the Hypermetabolic Response After Burn Injury 24 Etiology and Prevention of Multisystem Organ Failure 25 Acute Renal Failure in Association With Thermal Injury 26 Critical Care in the Severely Burned: Organ Support and Management of Complications 27 Burn Nursing 28 Care of the Burned Pregnant Patient 29 Care of the Burned Pediatric Patient 30 Care of Geriatric Patients 31 Surgical Management of Complications of Burn Injury 32 Cold-Induced Injury: Frostbite 33 Chemical Burns 34 Radiation Injuries and Vesicant Burns 35 Combined Burn and Other Injuries 36 Exfoliative Diseases of the Integument and Soft Tissue Necrotizing Infections 37 Burn Injuries of the Eye 38 The Burn Problem: A Pathologist’s Perspective 39 Psychiatric Disorders Associated With Burn Injuries 40 Burn Rehabilitation Along the Continuum of Care 41 Musculoskeletal Changes Secondary to Thermal Burns PART II BURN RECONSTRUCTION 42 Principles of Burn Reconstruction 43 Wound Healing 44 Abnormal Wound Healing: Molecular and Cellular Basis of Hypertrophic Scarring 45 VAC Therapy for Burn Reconstruction 46 Preoperative Planning: A Holistic Approach to Burn Reconstruction 47 Functional Sequelae and Disability Assessment 48 The Pediatric Burned Patient-Optimizing Acute Burn Care for Prevention of Postburn Sequelae 49 Advanced Practice Provider Management of the Burn Reconstructive Patient 50 Skin Substitutes: Surgical Application in Major Burns and Scar Resurfacing 51 The Evolution of Cell-Based Therapies for Cutaneous Repair 52 Flap Reconstruction Using Microsurgery 53 Clinical Lasers and Burn Scar Management 54 Psychosocial Recovery and Reintegration of Patients With Burn Injuries 55 Aesthetic Reconstruction in Burn Patients 56 Burned Scalp/Forehead and Brow 57 Periorbital Burn Management 58 Lip, Mouth, Nose, and Face Reconstruction 59 Total Facial Transplantation 60 Ear 61 Reconstruction of the Burned Neck 62 Reconstruction of Burn Injuries to the Breast and Nipple-Areola Complex 63 Reconstruction of the Axilla 64 Reconstruction of the Contracted Elbow Postburn 65 Reconstruction of the Burned Trunk and Perineum 66 The Burned Hand 67 Reconstruction of Burn Deformities of the Lower Extremity 68 Burn Reconstruction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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