Burns: Prevention, Causes and Treatment
- ISBN-10
- 1621004465
- ISBN-13
- 9781621004462
- Series
- Burns
- Category
- Burns and scalds
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Emily S. McLaughlin
Description
This book presents topical research in the study of the prevention, causes and treatment of burns. Topics discussed in this compilation include emergency burn care; nanotechnology and nanomedicine advancements in burn therapy; post-burn hand deformities; the role of apoptosis in burn injury; burns during arthroscopy due to the use of electrosurgical devices; the body's local and consecutive, systemic pathophysiological reaction to thermal lesions; the burn reconstructive units on the face and neck; use of modern day technology for pain management during burn injury rehabilitation; carbon monoxide intoxication in burns; the clinical application of Versajet Hydrosurgery System in burn debridement and escharotomy techniques in burn injuries.
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