Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners
This textbook on burn care is focused specifically on the needs of a surgeon. It provides a “how to do” text that presents the practical strategies for initial resuscitation, skin grafting, burn-specific critical care and ultimately guide the surgeon for
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Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners
David G. Greenhalgh Editor
Burn Care for General Surgeons and General Practitioners
Editor David G. Greenhalgh Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California University of California, Davis Medical Center Sacramento, California, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-29159-8 ISBN 978-3-319-29161-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29161-1
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I would like to dedicate this book to my three mentors in burns—Richard Gamelli, David Heimbach, and Glenn Warden. I would also like to thank my wife, Kathy, for all of her patience with me while I was working on this textbook. Her support has been tremendous.
Foreword
Burn Care: Introduction Understanding the critical needs of the burn patient is vital to the delivery of the necessary treatment if we are to limit impact of the burn injury and return the patient to their preinjury health and functional status. Burn Care for the surgeon is a ready resource for those caring for burn patients. Covered in a clear and well-organized approach are topics covering the physiologic response to the burn injury and what treatments are required during the early treatment phase and recovery. Chicago, IL, USA
Richard L. Gamelli
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Preface
There have been tremendous advances in the management of burns. Within the past few decades, patients with massive burns, who in the past were not even resuscitated, are now surviving. It is now expected that children and young adults will survive and live productive lives. In the past it was expected that the elderly did not have a chance to survive sizeable burns but as the population ages, the number of elderly burn patients also increases. The care of the o
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