Burns
Published on 16. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-19-969953-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
Burn is one of the commonest causes of injury worldwide that leads to serious and sometimes life-threatening problems. As a complex systemic disease, burn injury requires a diverse range of knowledge and skills for optimal care. This handbook concisely incorporates "all-aspects of burn patients care, from first aid to reconstructive tecniques and physiotherapy," sharing the goal of providing all workers involved in the burn care with useful and accessible reference.... It is not only a must-have book for the novice dealing with burn patients, but also a great resource for the more experienced practitioner. * Chunyang Wang, MD, PhD and Feng Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph M. Still Burn and Reconstructive Center, Annals of Plastic Surgery *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 99 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-969953-7 (9780199699537)
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Persons
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.
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.
Editor
Chair in Burns & Plastic Surgery, Swansea University Medical School; and Honorary Consultant Plastic SurgeonChair in Burns & Plastic Surgery, Swansea University Medical School; and Honorary Consultant Plastic Surgeon, the Welsh Centre for Burns & Plastic Surgery, UK
Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, Whiston Hospital, LiverpoolConsultant Plastic Surgeon, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, Whiston Hospital, Liverpool, and Medical Director, The Katie Piper Foundation, UK
Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for the South West Burn Operational Delivery Network (Adults)Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for the South West Burn Operational Delivery Network (Adults), NHS England, UK
Content
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
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