Total Burn Care

• 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 Pathologist's 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

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.

Key Features

• Features abundant, full-color clinical and operative photos, procedural illustrations, diagnostic images, charts, graphs, and diagnostic and treatment algorithms throughout.
• Discusses key topics such as infection control, early burn coverage, occupational physical exercise, respiratory therapy, ventilator management, nutritional needs and support, burn nursing, care of outpatient burns, and much more.
• Offers new and expanded coverage of reconstruction and plastic surgery, rehabilitation methods, and new techniques such as laser therapies for scar reduction and new biomedical options, fluid resuscitation, organ support for burn patients, necrotizing soft tissue infections, and TEN/SJS.
• Takes a realistic approach to complications that could arise in the treatment of burn patients.
• Summarizes key points at the beginning of each chapter for quick reference.
• Provides access to 15+ procedural operative videos and PowerPoint presentations on topics ranging from alopecia and anesthesia to radiation and treatment of infection—ideal for teaching and presenting.
• Covers special populations such as elderly, pregnant, and pediatric patients.

An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

Author Information
Edited by David Herndon, MD, CEO, Research, Joseph M Still Research Foundation, Augusta, GA, USA and Rajiv Sood, MD, FACS, Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Services, Georgia, USA