Handbook of Burns

1. A history of burn care
Leopoldo C. Cancio, Steven E. Wolf

2. Epidemiology and prevention of burns throughout the world
Michael D. Peck

3. Prevention of burn injuries
Anna Arno, Judy Knighton

4. Burns associated with wars and disasters
Jonathan B. Lundy, Leopoldo C. Cancio

5. Education in burns
Kunaal Jindal, Shahriar Shahrokhi

6. European practice guidelines for burn care: Minimum level of burn care provision in Europe
Pavel Brychta

7. Pre-hospital, fluid and early management, burn wound evaluation
Folke Sjöberg

8. Medical documentation of burn injuries
Herbert L. Haller, Michael Giretzlehner, Johannes Dirnberger, Robert Owen

9. Pathophysiology of burn injury
Gerd G. Gauglitz, Marc G. Jeschke

10. Anesthesia for patients with acute burn injuries
Lee C. Woodson, Edward Sherwood, Alexis McQuitty, Mark D. Talon

11. Diagnosis and management of inhalation injury
Tina L. Palmieri, Richard L. Gamelli

12. Respiratory management
Robert Cartotto

13. Organ responses and organ support
Kathryn L. Butler, Robert L. Sheridan

14. Critical care of thermally injured patient
Mette M. Berger, Shahriar Shahrokhi, Marc G. Jeschke

15. Treatment of infection in burns
Gerd G. Gauglitz, Shahriar Shahrokhi, Marc G. Jeschke

16. Acute treatment of severely burned pediatric patients
Gerd G. Gauglitz, Marc G. Jeschke

17. Adult burn management
Peter Dziewulski, Jorge-Leon Villapalos, Joan Pere Barret

18. Burns in older adults
Tam N. Pham

19. Acute management of facial burns
Peter Dziewulski, Jorge-Leon Villapalos

20. Hand burns
Benjamin P. Amis, Matthew B. Klein

21. Treatment of burns — established and novel technology
Ludwik K. Branski, Manuel Dibildox, Shahriar Shahrokhi, Marc G. Jeschke

22. Wound healing
David A. Brown, Nicole S. Gibran

23. Pain management after burn trauma
Richard Girtler, Burkhard Gustorff

24. Nutrition support for the burn patient
Amalia Cochran, Jeffrey R. Saffle, Caran Graves

25. HBO and burns
Harald Andel

26. Nursing management of the burn-injured person
Judy Knighton, Mary Jako

27. Outpatient burn care
Bernd Hartmann, Christian Ottomann

28. Electrical injury
Brett D. Arnoldo, John L. Hunt, Gary F. Purdue

29. Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of chemical burns
Leila Kolios, Günter Germann

30. Necrotizing and exfoliative diseases of the skin
David A. Sieber, Gerard J. Abood, Richard L. Gamelli

31. Frostbite
Paul Kraincuk, Maike Keck, David Lumenta, Lars-Peter Kamolz

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Dermatology