Treatment of Burns

Introductory Remarks.- I Early Management of Burn Patients.- 1 Emergency Care and Transportation.- 2 Estimation of BSA Burned; Assessment and Classification of Depth of the Burn Wound.- 3 Early Care of Burns.- II Burn Shock.- 1 Method of Fluid Therapy.- 2 The Clinical Significance and Management of Common Symptoms in the Shock Stage.- 3 Administration of Artificial Hibernation Drugs.- 4 Administration of Diuretics.- III Management of the Burn Wound.- 1 Principles of Management.- 2 Methods and Choice of Treatment.- 3 Application and Choice of Chinese Herb Medicine.- 4 Treatment of Third Degree Eschar.- 5 Skin Grafting.- 6 Allografts, Xenografts, and Intermingled Transplantation.- IV Infection of the Burn.- 1 The Onset of Septicemia.- 2 Symptoms of Septicemia.- 3 Early Diagnosis of Septicemia.- 4 The Prevention and Treatment of Septicemia.- 5 Fungal Infection.- V Traditional Chinese Treatment of Burns.- 1 Treatment Following Discrimination of Symptoms and Signs in Burns.- 2 Methods of Treatment and Medication.- 3 Diagnostic Significance of "Pulse Picture" and "Tongue Picture".- VI Water-Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balances.- 1 Water-Electrolyte Balance.- 2 Acid-Base Balance.- VII Burns of Special Sites.- 1 Burns of the Head and Face.- 2 Burns of the Respiratory Tract.- 3 Burns of the Eye.- 4 Burns of the External Ear.- 5 Burns of the Hand.- 6 Burns of the Perineum.- 7 Burns of the Bones and Joints.- VIII Electric Injury.- 1 Pathologic Features.- 2 Treatment.- 3 Complications.- IX Chemical Burns.- 1 Acid Burns.- 2 Alkali Burns.- 3 Agents Causing Chemical Burns Associated with Systemic Poisoning.- 4 Other Chemical Burns.- 5 Chemical Burns of the Eye.- X Burns Complicated by Trauma.- 1 Blast and Gas Explosion Injuries.- 2 Craniocerebral and Spinal Injuries.- 3Fractures.- 4 Soft Tissue Injuries.- 5 Hot Roller Burns of the Hand (Hot Roller Hand).- 6 Trauma of the Chest and Abdomen.- XI Systemic Complications of Burns.- 1 Pneumonia.- 2 Cardiac Complications.- 3 Deep Venous Thrombosis-Including Pulmonary Embolism.- 4 Acute Postburn Ulcerative Bleeding.- 5 Diarrhea.- 6 Jaundice.- 7 Stress Diabetes.- 8 Acute Renal Failure (ARF).- 9 Bone and Joint Complications.- XII Nursing Care in Burns.- 1 Sources of Infection, Disinfection, and Isolation.- 2 Nutrition.- 3 Intravenous Fluid Administration.- 4 Basic Nursing Care.- XIII Pathologic Anatomy of Burns.- 1 Local Pathologic Changes.- 2 Systemic Disturbances Caused by Cutaneous Burns.- XIV Plastic Surgery in Burns.- 1 General Considerations.- 2 Cicatricial Contraction of the Face.- 3 Cicatricial Contraction of the Neck.- 4 Cicatricial Contraction of the Axilla.- 5 Cicatricial Contraction of the Elbow.- 6 Cicatricial Contraction of the Hand.- 7 Cicatricial Contraction over the Perineum.- 8 Cicatricial Contraction of the Popliteal Fossa and Chronic Ulcer of the Leg.- 9 Cicatricial Contraction of the Foot.- 10 Cicatricial Contraction After Very Extensive Third Degree Burns.- 11 Skin Lesions Following Radiation Burn.- 12 Transplantation of Free Skin Flaps.- XV Anesthetization of Burn Patients.- 1 Preparation for Anesthesia.- 2 Premedication.- 3 Choice of Anesthesia.- 4 Anesthetic Management.- 5 Anesthesia for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.- Appendix I The Subeschar Bacterial Count.- Appendix II Preparation and Deep-freeze Storage of Allografts and Xenografts.