TY - BOOK AU - Jeschke,Marc G. AU - Kamolz,Lars-Peter AU - Shahrokhi,Shahriar ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Burn Care and Treatment: A Practical Guide SN - 9783709111338 AV - RD1-811 U1 - 617 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Vienna PB - Springer Vienna, Imprint: Springer KW - Medicine KW - Anesthesiology KW - Dermatology KW - Emergency medicine KW - Nursing KW - Surgery KW - Medicine & Public Health KW - Emergency Medicine N1 - Pre-hospital, fluid and early management, burn wound evaluation -- Pathophysiology of Brun Injury -- Anaesthesia and Pain Management -- Wound Healing and Wound Care -- Infection Control -- Acute Burn Surgery -- Critical Care of Burn Victims Including Inhalation Injury -- Nutrition of the Burned Patient and Treatment of the Hypermetabolic Response -- Nursing Management of the Burn-injured Person -- Electrical Injury, Chemical Burns, and cold Injury  "Frostbite" -- Long-term Pathophysiology and Consequences of Burns Including Scarring, HTS, Keloids and Scar Treatment, Rehabilitation, Exercise -- Burn Reconstruction N2 - This practical guide offers a comprehensive summary of the most important and most immediate therapeutic approaches in the assessment and treatment of burn injuries. Taking into account age-specific needs in pediatric, adult, and elderly burn patients, the book discusses key issues such as pre-hospital treatment, wound care and infection control, burn nursing, and critical care. In addition, burn reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation for burn victims are described. Written in a concise manner, Burn Care and Treatment provides guidelines for the optimal care in order to improve patient outcome, and thus will be a valuable reference for physicians, surgeons, residents, nurses, and other burn care providers.    UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1133-8 ER -