Surgery: Burns — Treatise on Critical Medicine and Surgery

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un análisis exhaustivo, técnico e interdisciplinario sobre los mecanismos celulares del trauma térmico, la reanimación hemodinámica avanzada, las alteraciones metabólicas sistémicas y las técnicas de reconstrucción quirúrgica de vanguardia.

What it covers

1. Skin Structure and Loss of the Skin Barrier
2. Burn Pathophysiology: Jackson's Zones
3. Local and Systemic Response to Burn
4. Classification by Depth of Tissue Damage
5. Classification by Extension: Body Mapping Methods
6. Severity Criteria and Referral to Specialized Units
7. Pathophysiology of Acute Edema and Hair Leak
8. Water Resuscitation Formulas: Critical Analysis
9. Resuscitation Monitoring and Perfusion Rates
10. Overresuscitation, "Fluid Creep" and Compartment Syndrome
11. Airway Injury and Smoke Inhalation
12. Systemic Toxicity due to Carbon Monoxide and Cyanide
13. The Hypermetabolic and Hypercatabolic Response
14. Specialized Nutritional Support
15. Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation
16. Burn Induced Immunosuppression
17. Escharotomies and Decompressive Fasciotomies
18. Early Debridement: Tangential Excision vs. Fascial
19. Skin Substitutes and Temporary Coverages
20. Skin Autografts and Definitive Coverage
21. Dermal Matrices and Regenerators
22. High and Low Voltage Electrical Burns
23. Chemical Burns: Acids vs. Alkalis and Neutralization
24. Cold Burn and Frostbite Injury
25. Particularities in the Extremes of Life
26. Skin Infections, Antimicrobial Topicals and Sepsis
27. Pathological Scarring: Hypertrophic, Keloid and Marjolin's Ulcer
28. Rehabilitation, Compressive Therapy and Surgical Reconstruction