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.
1. History of Treatments of Burns 2. Teamwork for Total Burns Care: Achievements, Directions, and Hopes 3. Epidemiological, Demographic, and Outcome Characteristics of Burn Injury 4. Prevention of Burn Injuries 5. Burn Management in Disasters and Humanitarian Crises 6. Care of Outpatient Burns 7. Pre-Hospital Management, Transportation, and Emergency Care 8. Pathophysiology of Burn Shock and Burn Edema 9. Fluid Resuscitation and Early Management 10. Evaluation of the Burn Ward Management Decisions 11. Wound Care 12. Treatment of Infection in Burns 13. Operative Wound Management 14. Anesthesia for Burned Patients 15. The Skin Bank 16. Alternative Wound Coverings 17. AlloDerm 18. The Pathophysiology of Inhalation Injury 19. Diagnosis and Treatment of Inhalation Injury 20. Barotrauma 21. Respiratory Care 22. The Systemic Inflammatory Response System 23. The Immunological Response and Strategies for Intervention 24. Hematologic, Hematopoietic, and Acute Phase Responses 25. Significance of the Adrenal and Sympathetic Response to Burn Injury 26. The Hepatic Response to a Thermal Injury 27. Effects of Burn Injury on Bone and Mineral Metabolism 28. Vitamin and Trace Element Homeostasis Following Severe Burn Injury 29. Hypophosphatemia 30. Nutritional Support of the Burned Patient 31. Modulation of the Hypermetabolic Response after Burn Injury 32. Etiology and Prevention of Multisystem Organ Failure 33. Renal Failure in Association with Thermal Injuries 34. Critical Care in the Severely Burned: Organ Support and Management of Complications 35. Burn Nursing 36. The Pediatric Burned Patient 37. Care of Geriatric Patients 38. Surgical Management of Complications of Burn Injury 39. Electrical Injuries 40. Electrical Injury: Reconstructive Problems 41. Cold-Induced Injury: Frostbite 42. Chemical Burns 43. Radiation Injuries, Vesicant Burns, and Mass Casualties 44. Exfoliative and Necrotizing Diseases of the Skin 45. The Burn Problem: A Pathologists Perspective 46. Wound Healing 47. Mollecular ad Cellular Basis of Hypertrophic Scarring 48. Pathophysiology of the Burn Scar 49. Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Burn Patient 50. Musculoskeletal Changes Secondary to Thermal Burns 51. Mitigation of the Burn-Induced Hypermetabolic Response During Convalescence 52. Overview of Burn Reconstruction 53. Reconstruction of the Burned Hand 54. Reconstruction of the Head and Neck 55. Reconstruction of the Burned Scalp Using Tissue Expansion 56. Management of the Contractural Deformities Involving the Axilla (Shoulder), Elbow, Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints in Burn Patients 57. Reconstruction of the Burned Breast 58. Management of Burn Injuries of the Perineum 59. Reconstruction of Burn Deformities of the Foot and Ankle 60. The Ethical Dimension of Burn Care 61. Maltreatment by Burning 62. Functional Sequelae and Disability Assessment 63. Cost-Containment and Outcome Measures 64. Management of Pain and Other Discomforts in Burned Patients 65. Psychiatric Disorders Associated with Burn Injury 66. Psychological Recovery and Reintegration of Patients with Burn Injuries
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