BURN CARE

by Wolf,Steven E.

• ISBN13: 9781570595264
• ISBN10: 1570595267
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Univ. of Texas, Galveston. Pocket- sized outline defining treatment techniques developed at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Includes treatment for children and adults. Discusses resusitative care, recon- struction, and rehabilitation. For clinicians, residents, and students. Trim size: 8 x 5 inches. Wire-spiral binding. DNLM: Burns--therapy.

Table of Contents

General Considerations	1	(5)
Steven E. Wolf
Pre-Hospital Care and Emergency Management of Burn Victims	5	(9)
Ron Mlcak
Pre-Hospital Care	5	(2)
Secondary Assessment	7	(1)
Transport to a Hospital Emergency Department	8	(1)
Assessment and Emergency Treatment at Initial Care Facility	8	(5)
Summary	13	(1)
Resuscitation	14	(5)
Art Sanford
Assessment, Operative Planning and Surgery for Burn Wound Closure	19	(34)
Peter Dziewulski
Juan Barret
Introduction	19	(1)
Anatomy	20	(1)
Pathophysiology	20	(1)
Eschar	21	(1)
Assessment of the Burn Wound	21	(2)
Initial Management of the Burn Wound	23	(1)
Burn Wound Healing	24	(1)
Treatment Planning	25	(1)
Management of Superficial Partial Thickness Wounds	25	(2)
Management of Deep Partial Thickness Injury (Small and Large)	27	(1)
Full Thickness Injury	28	(3)
Mixed Depth Injury	31	(1)
Surgical Planning-Anatomical Factors	31	(1)
Management and Grafting of Anatomical Areas	31	(3)
Surgery	34	(3)
Techniques of Wound Excision	37	(3)
Xenografts and Other Biological Dressings	40	(1)
Skin Substitutes	40	(3)
Cultured Epithelial Autograft (CEA)	43	(1)
Skin Graft Take	44	(1)
Graft Maturation	45	(5)
Surgical Complications	50	(1)
Summary	51	(2)
Anesthesia for Burned Patients	53	(13)
Arjav. J. Shah
Introduction	53	(4)
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Burned Patients	57	(1)
Preoperative Anesthetic Assessment of Burned Patients	58	(2)
Intraoperative Monitoring of Burned Patients	60	(2)
Induction and Maintenance of Anesthesia in Burned Patients	62	(1)
Pain Management	63	(3)
Nutrition in Burn Patients	66	(6)
Victor M. Perez
Introduction	66	(1)
Calculating Caloric Needs	67	(1)
Dietary Composition	67	(1)
Dietary Delivery	68	(2)
Transitioning to Regular Diet	70	(1)
Summary	71	(1)
Infections in Burns	72	(9)
Peter I. Ramzy
Introduction	72	(1)
Changing Scope of Infectious Morbidity in Burns	73	(1)
Burn-induced Immunosuppression	73	(2)
Diagnosis and Management of Specific Infections	75	(4)
The Dilemma of Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy in Burns	79	(2)
Multiple Organ Failure	81	(9)
Doraid Jarrar
Steven E. Wolf
Introduction	81	(1)
Etiology and Pathophysiology	82	(2)
Prevention	84	(2)
Organ Failure	86	(2)
Summary	88	(2)
Inhalation Injury	90	(7)
Marc G. Jeschke
Background	90	(1)
Clinical Phases	91	(1)
Diagnosis	91	(1)
Treatment	92	(3)
Summary	95	(2)
Nonthermal Burns	97	(7)
Edgar J. Pierre
Steven E. Wolf
Chemical Burns	97	(1)
Specific Chemicals	98	(3)
Electrical Injury	101	(1)
Delayed Effects	102	(1)
Summary	103	(1)
Burn Reconstruction	104	(16)
Juan P. Barret
Acute Management of Burns	104	(4)
Time of Reconstruction	108	(1)
Patient-Surgeon Relationship	109	(1)
Burn Reconstructive Visit: Development of a Master Plan	110	(1)
Patient Care in Burn Reconstructive Surgery	111	(2)
Surgical Approach to the Burn Reconstructive Patient	113	(1)
Overview of Burn Reconstruction	114	(5)
Summary	119	(1)
Daily Work	120	(9)
Steven E. Wolf
Art Sanford
Patient Admission	120	(1)
Daily Rounds	121	(4)
Operations	125	(4)
Index	129