Burn care and treatment : a practical guide / / Marc G. Jeschke, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Shahriar Shahrokhi, editors

• Pubblicazione: Vienna ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2013.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.1106
• Soggetto topico: Burns and scalds - Treatment; Chemical burns - Treatment
• Altri autori: JeschkeMarc G KamolzLars-Peter ShahrokhiShahriar
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Burn care and treatment
• ISBN: 3-7091-1133-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910438133603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II