Burn Management, An Issue of Surgical Clinics: Volume 103-3

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.

• Contains 16 practice-oriented topics including critical care of the burn patient; acute surgical management of the burn patient; critical care rehabilitation of the burn patient; scar management and reconstructive surgery; the first 24 hours: resuscitation and early complications in burn patients; and more. 
  
• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on burn management, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. 
  
• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews. 
  

List of contents

Introduction: The Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Burn Care
Outpatient and Minor Burn Treatment
Prehospital and Emergency Management
The First 24 Hours: Burn Shock Resuscitation and Early Complications
Critical Care of the Burn Patient
Infections in Burn Patients
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Mechanical Ventilation, and Inhalation Injury in Burn Patients
The Burn Wound
Acute Surgical Management of the Burn Patient
Metabolic and Nutritional Support
Critical-Care Rehabilitation of the Burn Patient
Pharmacologic Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Burn Patients
Long-Term Outcomes in Burn Patients
Burn-Scar Management and Reconstructive Surgery
Military Burn Care and Burn Disasters
Radiation Injuries
Burn Care in Low-Resource and Austere Settings

Product details

• Assisted by: Ronald F. Martin (Editor), Ronald F. (Department of Surgery Martin (Editor), Martin Ronald F. (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780443181733
• ISBN: 978-0-443-18173-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 360 g
• Series: The Clinics: Surgery
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Surgery / General, MEDICAL / Critical Care, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, general surgery, Intensive Care Medicine, burn, burns, management, wound, critical care, surgery