Burns

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-19-969953-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 101 mm x 180 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Burn injuries are recognised as a major health problem worldwide, causing morbidity and mortality in individuals of all ages. The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Burns is a concise, easy-to-navigate reference text that outlines the assessment, management, and rehabilitation of burns patients. With contributions from international experts, this handbook covers all aspects of burn-patient care, from first aid to reconstructive techniques and physiotherapy.

This new, pocket-sized title is an invaluable resource for all those who come into contact with burns patients, from accident and emergency doctors to allied health professionals, as well as specialists and trainees in burns units. Filling an important niche in the market for an accessible quick-access guide for those first on the scene, The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Burns is a comprehensive and detailed new resource.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whitaker, Iain S

Shokrollahi, Kayvan

Dickson, William A

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Dermatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Plastische, Rekonstruktive & Kosmetische Chirurgie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Overview

- 1: Naiem Moiemen and Ammar Allouni: Incidence and epidemiology

- 2: Michael Peck: Burn prevention

- 3: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Christopher F. Munson, and Jonathon Pleat: Pathophysiological response to burns

- 4: David N. Herndon, Celeste C. Finnerty, and Rene Przkora: Hypermetabolic response to burns

- 5: Kayvan Shokrollahi and Susie Yao: The burns management pathway I: Assessing and transferring patients with an acute burn injury

- 6: Kayvan Shokrollahi and Susie Yao: The burns management pathway II: Receiving and initially managing a patient with burns

- 7: Nick Marsden and Sarah Hemington-Gorse: Predicting mortality and end of life care

- Initial burn care

- 8: Jorge Leon-Villapolas: Burns first aid

- 9: Rowan Pritchard-Jones and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Assessment of burn surface area

- 10: Peter George Dziewulski and Quentin Frew: Burn depth assessment

- 11: Rowan Pritchard-Jones, Chris Seaton, and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Fluid resuscitation in burns

- 12: William B. Norbury: Escharotomies

- 13: Francis Andrews: Critical care of burns patients

- 14: Lee C. Woodson: Anaesthesia: preoperative management of patients with acute burns

- 15: Lee C. Woodson: Anaesthesia: intraoperative management of patients with acute burn injury

- 16: Sarah Bache and Peter George Dziewulski: Burns surgery

- 17: Joseph Hardwicke and Naiem Moiemen: Burn wound dressings

- 18: Ernest Azzopardi and Christopher Henry Barbara: Infections in burns

- Types of burn

- 19: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Ali Arham, David N. Herndon and Celeste C. Finnerty: Chemical burns

- 20: Jong Lee, David N. Herndon, and Celeste C. Finnerty: Electrical injuries

- 21: Christina Yip, Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, and David Bodansky: Radiation burns

- 22: Norbert Schrage and Parneet Gill: Ocular burns

- 23: Jeremy Goverman, Shawn Fagan, and Dallan Dargan: Hand burns

- 24: James Warbrick-Smith and Peter Drew: Perineal and genital burns

- Post-burn care

- 25: Sujatha Tadiparthi: Skin substitutes

- 26: Nicole Glassey, Alison Reeves, and Emily Hedges: Rehabilitation: occupation therapy and physiotherapy

- 27: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Ali Arham, David N. Herndon, and Celeste C. Finnerty: Outcome measures for burns

- 28: Esther Middelkoop and Ruthann Fanstone: Scar management

- 29: James Warbrick-Smith and Tom S Potokar: Principles of burn reconstruction

- 30: Stuart B. Watson: Burn contracture surgery

- Outpatient and remote burn care

- 31: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Christina Yip, and Baljit Dheansa: Outpatient management of minor burns

- 32: Sophie Pope-Jones and William Dickson: Remote assessment of burns

- 33: Ammar Allouni and Naiem Moiemen: Cost of burn care

- Burns in children

- 34: Jong Lee: Paediatric burns

- 35: Adeyinka Molajo and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Non-accidental injury (NAI) in children

- Specialised burns care

- 36: Peter Brooks: Burns itch

- 37: Christopher F. Munson, Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, and Baljit Dheansa: Nutritional requirements in the burn patient

- 38: Karen J Lindsay: Tetanus

- 39: Sandip Hindocha and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Desquamating skin disorders

- 40: Kamal Bisarya and Tania Cubison: Military burns

- 41: Nick Marsden and Sarah Hemington-Gorse: Sunburn and artificial tanning

- 42: Sujatha Tadiparth and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Frostbite

- 43: Nagham Darhouse and Greg Williams: Hair replacement

- 44: Karen J Lindsay and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Laser management of scars

- 45: Indranil Sinha, Raj M. Vyas, and Bohdan Pomahac: Face transplantation

- Pain management

- 46: William L Yancey, Walter J. Meyer III, Lee C. Woodson, and Rene Przkora: Pain management

- 47: Greg Barton: Burn care drug formulary

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Whitaker is the Chair of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Wales. He combines a clinical practice (both acute care and elective surgery) with the development of an active research program. He is the director of the Reconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Unit, and Deputy Editor of Europe's largest reconstructive surgery journal, the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. He is SAC Lead for Academic Plastic Surgery.

Iain read medicine at Cambridge University, completed a sub-internship at Harvard Medical School, and then completed his training in plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery internationally. He has published over 150 articles, and sits on the BAPRAS research council. In collaboration with leading scientists at Swansea University, Iain has developed a doctoral and postdoctoral career path for plastic surgeons in Wales.

Professor Shokrollahi is a Burns, Plastic, and Laser surgeon at the regional burns centre at the Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit in Liverpool, UK and clinical lead for the Northern Burn Operational Delivery Network, NHS England, UK. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the international journal 'Scars, Burns & Healing' and Associate Editor of the journal 'Annals of Plastic Surgery', and also serves as vice-chairman of The Katie Piper Foundation, a charity that works to improve outcomes for burns survivors.

Kayvan graduated from Bristol University with a BSc in cellular and molecular pathology and a degree in Medicine. He was awarded the Hunterian professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2007, and has delivered guest and keynote lectures internationally. His work has been recognised with prizes, grants, and scholarships. He has published over 70 research articles, and served as both an editor and contributor for numerous books. Outside of medicine, Professor Shokrollahi is an accomplished composer and pianist.

William Dickson is a consultant Plastic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for the South West Burn Operational Delivery Network (Adults), NHS England, UK. His career has spanned more than 40 years and included working on patients injured in the 1985 Bradford City stadium fire and the Corus blast furnace explosion in 2001. He oversaw the move of the designated burns centre to Swansea in 1994. He was clinical director of the Welsh Burn Centre until 2014, and was awarded an MBE for services to medicine in 2008.