Burns : prevention, causes and treatment / Emily S. McLaughlin and Ava O. Paterson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McLaughlin, Emily S.

Paterson, Ava O.

Series:

Surgery--procedures, complications, and results series.

Surgery-procedures, complications, and results

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burns and scalds--Treatment.

Burns and scalds.

Burns and scalds--Etiology.

Burns and scalds--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents topical research in the study of the prevention, causes and treatment of burns. Topics discussed in this compilation include emergency burn care; nanotechnology and nanomedicine advancements in burn therapy; post-burn hand deformities; the role of apoptosis in burn injury; burns during arthroscopy due to the use of electrosurgical devices; the body's local and consecutive, systemic pathophysiological reaction to thermal lesions; the burn reconstructive units on the face and neck; use of modern day technology for pain management during burn injury rehabilitation; carbon monoxide intoxication in burns; the clinical application of Versajet Hydrosurgery System in burn debridement and escharotomy techniques in burn injuries.

Contents:

Emergency burn care in practice : from first contact to operating theatre / William H.C. Tiong

Advancements in burn therapy : promise of nanomedicine / Julia Hurler, Nataa kalko-Basnet

Post-burn hand deformities / Katerina Anesti

The role of apoptosis in burn injury / Lars H. Evers, Dhaval Bhavsar, Peter Mailander

Burns during arthroscopy due to use of electrosurgical devices : prevention, causes, and treatment / J. Budny, L. Bisson

The pathophysiology of burns / T. Muehlberger, C. Ottomann

The burn reconstructive units on the face and neck / Rei Ogawa, Hiko Hyakusoku

Use of modern day technology for pain management during burn injury rehabilitation / Linzette D. Morris

Carbon monoxide intoxication in burns / Ziyad Alharbi, Gerrit Grieb, Norbert Pallua

Literature review and clinimetrics assessment of the laser doppler imaging in burns depth estimation / Diaa Othman

The clinical application of versajet hydrosurgery system in burn debridement / Diaa Othman

How to perform an escharotomy in burns : indication and technique / R.S. Breederveld, Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis

Burns / Fadeyibi

Aggregation of erythrocytes in burn injury / G.Y. Levin, M.N. Egorihina

Burn injury associated infection : sepsis / Huilin Wei ... [et al.]

Psychiatric aspects in burns / Chiara Pavan ... [et al.]

Impact of burns on the health-related quality of life of burned patients in the rehabilitation phase : integrative review / Natalia Goncalves

Burns / Daegu Son.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62100-550-X