Total burn care / [edited by] David N. Herndon, MD, FACS (Chief of Staff and Director of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Galveston, Director of Burn Services, University of Texas Medical Branch, Jessie H. Jones Distinguished Chair in Surgery, Professor, Department of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX).

Previous edition published in 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history of acute burn care management
Teamwork for total burn care : burn centers and multidisciplinary burn teams
Epidemiological, demographic and outcome characteristics of burns
Prevention of burn injuries
Burn management in disasters and humanitarian crises
Care of outpatient burns
Prehospital management, transportation, and emergency care
Pathophysiology of burn shock and burn edema
Burn resuscitation
Evaluation of the burn wound : management decisions
Treatment of infection in burn patients
Operative wound management
Anesthesia for burned patients
The skin bank
Skin substitutes and 'the next level'
The pathophysiology of inhalation injury
Diagnosis and treatment of inhalation injury
Respiratory care
The systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Host defense antibacterial effector cells influenced by massive burns
Biomarkers in burn patient care
Hematology, hemostasis, thromboprophylaxis, and transfusion medicine in burn patients
Significance of the hormonal, adrenal, and sympathetic responses to burn injury
The hepatic response to thermal injury
Importance of mineral and bone metabolism after burn
Micronutrient homeostasis
Hypophosphatemia
Nutritional needs and support for the burned patient
Modulation of the hypermetabolic response after burn injury
Etiology and prevention of multisystem organ failure
Acute renal failure in association with thermal injury
Critical care in the severely burned : organ support and management of complications
Burn nursing
Care of the burned pregnant patient
Special considerations of age : the pediatric burned patient
Care of geriatric patients
Surgical management of complications of burn injury
Electrical injuries
Cold-induced injury : frostbite
Chemical burns
Radiation injuries and vesicant burns
Exfoliative diseases of the integument and soft tissue necrotizing infections
Burn injuries of the eye
The burn problem : a pathologist's perspective
Molecular and cellular basis of hypertrophic scarring
Pathophysiology of the burn scar
Burn rehabilitation along the continuum of care
Musculoskeletal changes secondary to thermal burns
Reconstruction of bodily deformities in burn patients : an overview
Reconstruction of the head and neck after burns
Management of postburn alopecia
Trunk deformity reconstruction
Management of contractural deformities involving the shoulder (axilla), elbow, hip, and knee joints in burned patients
Acute and reconstructive care of the burned hand
Management of burn injuries of the perineum
Reconstruction of burn deformities of the lower extremity
Electrical injury : reconstructive problems
The role of alternative wound substitutes in major burn wounds and burn scar resurfacing
Aesthetic reconstruction in burn patients
Laser for burn scar treatment
The ethical dimension of burn care
Intentional burn injuries
Functional sequelae and disability assessment
Management of pain and other discomforts in burned patients
Psychiatric disorders associated with burn injury
Psychosocial recovery and reintegration of patients with burn injuries