Thermal Injury

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Dries, David J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 2342494702     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(97)90021-3     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Andrews CJ, Cooper MA, Daneviza M, Mackerass D, editors. Lightning injuries: electrical, medical, and legal aspects. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press; 1992. This is the only recent book on lightning injuries of which I am aware. Much of the recent work in this area is summarized by an international group of authors.
2. Cherrington M, Cooper MA, editors. Lightning and electrical injuries, parts I and II. Semin Neurol 1995;15(3,4):227-404. These are two recent issues from the Seminars in Neurology series devoted totally to lightning and electrical injuries. Again, the editors and authors represent leaders in research related to these problems. This is an excellent resource for anyone treating these patients.
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6. Goodwin CW, Finkelstein JL, Madden MR, Marano MA. Resuscitation of the burned patient. In: Barrie PS, Shires GT, editors. Surgical intensive care. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co; 1993. p. 1123-36. This is another excellent discussion of burn resuscitation and provides a view complementary to that offered in Total Burn Care.
7. Grube BJ, Heimbach DM. The pathophysiology and management of electrical injury. In: Barrie PS, Shires GT, editors. Surgical intensive care. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co; 1993. p. 1155-72. This is a summary of recent thinking and management approaches in the patient sustaining electrical injury. It is part of a major recent text on surgical critical care.
8. Heimback DM, Engrav LA, editors. Surgical management of the burn wound. New York: Raven Press; 1984. This is an excellent atlas describing an approach to management of the burn wound. Illustrations provide good visual evidence of the types of burn injury and surgical approaches.
9. Miles RH, Dries DJ, Gamelli RL. Inhalation injury: pathophysiology and treatment. In: Dries DJ, Gamelli RL, editors. Trauma 2000: strategies for the new millennium. Austin (TX): RG Landis; 1992. p. 44-63. This is a recent overview on inhalation injury written in a monograph with other issues in trauma and resuscitation. Much of the recent thinking about this specific problem is summarized.
10. Monafo WW. Initial management of burns. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1581-6. This is the most recent overview on acute burn management from The New England Journal of Medicine. The author is a long-established authority.
11. Pruitt BA, Goodwin CW, Cioff WG. Thermal injuries. In: Davis JH, Sheldon GF, editors. Surgery: a problem-solving approach. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 1995. p. 642-720. This is an overview of the thermal injury problem from the perspective of the Army Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. This group has been widely regarded as the leader in burn care for both this country and the world.
12. Pruitt BA, Mason AD. Epidemiological, demographic, and outcome characteristics of burn injury. In: Total burn care. Herndon DN, editor. London: Saunders; 1996. p. 5-15. This is a good overview of the epidemiological characteristics of the burn problem.
13. Sheridan RL, Tompkins RG. Burns. In: Greenfield LJ, editor. Surgery: scientific principles and practice. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven; 1997. p. 422-38. This is another overview on burn management from the Shriner's Hospital in Boston. Again many things will be consistent with previous references. This is one source that could be read to obtain in one sitting an overview of the burn problem.
14. Tibbles PM, Edelsberg JS. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. N Engl J Med 1996;334:1642-8. This article summarizes recent thinking regarding the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a variety of disorders. Although its use in some forms of acute thermal injury resuscitation is advocated, the data on which this recommendation is based are not the results of randomized, prospective, multicenter work and thus are not widely accepted in the burn care community.
15. Warden GD. Fluid resuscitation and early management. In: Herndon DN, editor. Total burn care. London: Saunders; 1996. p. 53-60. An excellent overview is provided of fluid resuscitation and permeability changes after burn injury. In particular, Baxter's work is placed in context of current resuscitation strategies.
16. Williams WG, Phillips LG. Pathophysiology of the burn wound. In: Herndon DN, editor. Total burn care. London: Saunders; 1996. p. 63-70. This chapter provides a recent review from a major center regarding pathologic changes occurring in the burn wound. Total Burn Care is the most recent comprehensive textbook on burn care, currently is a leading reference in this area, and includes a discussion of common forms of thermal injury, including electrocution.