Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Pathophysiology of burn shock
- 2 Assessment of thermal burns
- 3 Transportation
- 4 Resuscitation of major burns
- 5 Inhalation injury
- 6 Monitoring of the burn patient
- 7 The paediatric burn patient
- 8 Nutrition
- 9 Infection in burn patients
- 10 Anaesthesia for the burned patient
- 11 Surgical management
- 12 Postoperative care of the burned patient
- 13 Prognosis of the burn injury
- 14 Complications of intensive care of the burned patient
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Pathophysiology of burn shock
- 2 Assessment of thermal burns
- 3 Transportation
- 4 Resuscitation of major burns
- 5 Inhalation injury
- 6 Monitoring of the burn patient
- 7 The paediatric burn patient
- 8 Nutrition
- 9 Infection in burn patients
- 10 Anaesthesia for the burned patient
- 11 Surgical management
- 12 Postoperative care of the burned patient
- 13 Prognosis of the burn injury
- 14 Complications of intensive care of the burned patient
- Index
Summary
‘What is needed is a practical guide to burn treatment.’ This is a statement often made by residents. Many books have been written, but most are written in the style of a collection of review articles. This book has been compiled with the aim of being pragmatic and answering the question: ‘What should I do?’ If the chapter does not answer this question, then it will point the questioner in the right direction to obtain his own answer. Each chapter can be read on its own and thus there are occasional overlaps and repetitions when the book is read as a whole.
The book is aimed at residents in surgery, anaesthesia and intensive care but will be useful to all, both medical and nursing, who may come across burns and be required to treat them.
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- Critical Care of the Burned Patient , pp. xvPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992