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Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners.
This textbook on burn care is focused specifically on the needs of a surgeon. It provides a "how to do" text that presents the practical strategies for initial resuscitation, skin grafting, burn-specific critical care and ultimately guide the surgeon for the best outcomes for the burn surg...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Burn Care: Introduction ; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1: Epidemiology of Burn Injuries and Burn Care; Introduction; Prediction of Mortality; Causes of Burn Injuries; Patients and Complications; Burn Geography; Types of Burns; Flame Burns; Scald Burns and Contact Burns; Electrical Burns; Chemical Burns; Intentional Burns; Conclusion; References; 2: Burn Pathophysiology; Introduction; Types of Burns; Flame and Flash Burns; Scald; Contact; Electrical; Chemical; Frostbite; Determinants of Burn Severity; Skin Biology; Zones of Burn Injury.
- Determination of Burn Depth Clinical Observation; Adjuncts to Clinical Evaluation; Systemic Responses to Burn Injury; Edema Formation in Acute Burn Injury; Edema in Non-burned Tissue; Edema in Muscle and the Nervous System; Lungs; Abdominal Compartment Syndrome; Hemodynamic Consequences of Acute Burn Injury; Myocardial Dysfunction; Effects of Burns on Other Organ Systems; Cellular Mediators of Inflammation in Burn Injury; Summary; References; 3: Airway Management; Introduction; Acute Burn Injury; Postburn Contractures; Airway Management: Introduction.
- Airway Management: Awake Fiberoptic Intubation Airway Management: "Asleep" Fiberoptic Intubation in a Spontaneously Ventilating Patient; Airway Management: "Asleep" Fiberoptic Intubation Without Spontaneous Ventilation; Airway Management: Surgical Release of Postburn Neck Contracture Under Ketamine Prior to Securing the Airway; Airway Management: Other Techniques; Summary; References; 4: Breathing; Introduction; Effects of Inhaled Toxins; Hypoxia; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Other Poisons; Effects of Smoke on Lung Function; Effects on Burn Prognosis.
- Pathophysiology and Diagnosis of Smoke Injury Treatment of Inhalation Injury; Treatment of Uncomplicated Inhalation Injury; Treatment of Inhalation Injury Requiring Intubation; Basic Ventilator Strategies; Complications of Smoke Injury; Pneumonia; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Conclusion; References; 5: Circulation: Burn Shock Resuscitation; Introduction; Pathophysiology of Burn Shock; Venous Access; Formulas for Initiation of Fluid Resuscitation; Choice of Fluid for Resuscitation; Guidelines for Adjusting Fluids; Maintenance Fluids.
- Management of the Complications of Resuscitation Summary; References; 6: Metabolic Response to Burn; Pathophysiology of Hypermetabolism and Catabolism; Hormone Changes; Substrate Changes; Body Mass Changes; Genetic Changes; Changes Associated with Treatment; Resolution; Nutrition Support; Nutritional Recommendations; Substrate; Handling Hypermetabolism; Pharmacologic Interventions; Stimulation of Anabolism; Soluble Proteins; Androgenic Steroids; Beta-Blockade; Anabolic Agents Summary; Critical Care; Increased Activity; Conclusion; References; 7: Infection and Sepsis.