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Steven E. Wolf
University of Texas Medical Branch

David N. Herndon
University of Texas Medical Branch

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ISBN: 978-1-57059-526-4
Pub date: 1999-01-01
131 pages
13 figures
28 tables

About this book

This handbook summarizes staff practices in burn care and is intended to be a practice guide for the care of burn patients. It contains chapters on resuscitation and transport, wound care, operative techniques, critical care issues, and care of special burns, among others. This book should be used primarily by newcomers to the field of burn care as a basis for their experience with these often challenging patients.

Table of contents

General Considerations
Steven E. Wolf

Pre-Hospital Care and Emergency Management of Burn Victims
Ron Mlcak

Resuscitation
Art Sanford

Assessment, Operative Planning and Surgery for Burn Wound Closure
Peter Dziewulski, Juan Barret

Anesthesia for Burned Patients
Arjav J. Shah

Nutrition in Burn Patients
Victor M. Perez

Infections in Burns
Peter I. Ramzy

Multiple Organ Failure
Doraid Jarrar, Steven E. Wolf

Inhalation Injury
Marc G. Jeschke

Nonthermal Burns
Edgar J. Pierre, Steven E. Wolf

Burn Reconstruction
Juan P. Barret

Daily Work
Steven E. Wolf, Art Sanford

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