| Phys. Description |
xviii, 456 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery |
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Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery.
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| Contents |
Incidence and epidemiology -- Burn prevention -- Pathophysiological response to burns -- Hypermetabolic response to burns -- The burns management pathway I : assessing and transferring patients with an acute burn injury -- The burns management pathway II : receiving and initially managing a patient with burns -- Predicting mortality and end of life care -- Burns first aid -- Assessment of burn surface area -- Burn depth assessment -- Fluid resuscitation in burns -- Escharotomies -- Critical care of burns patients -- Anaesthesia : preoperative management of patients with acute burns -- Anaesthesia : intraoperative management of patients with acute burn injury -- Burns surgery -- Burn wound dressings -- Management of burn wound infection -- Chemical burns -- Electrical injuries -- Radiation burns -- Ocular burns -- Hand burns -- Perineal and genital burns -- Skin substitutes -- Occupational and physiotherapy -- Outcome meaures for burns -- Burns scar management -- Principles of burn reconstruction -- Burn contracture surgery -- Outpatient management of minor burns -- Remote assessment of burns -- Cost of burn care -- Paediatric burns -- Non-accidental injury (NAI) in children -- Burns itch -- Nutritional requirements in the burn patients -- Tetanus -- Desquamating skin disorders -- Military burns -- Sunburn and artificial tanning -- Frostbite -- Hair restoration -- Laser management of scares -- Face transplantation -- Pain management -- Burn care drug formulary. |
| Subject |
Burns.
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| Other Number |
2018966726 |
| Alt Author |
Whitaker, Iain S., editor.
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Shokrollahi, Kayvan, editor.
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Dickson, William A., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199699537 (pbk.) |
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9780192575302 (epub) |
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9780191743214 (online) |
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