**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Trauma Surgery**
From resuscitation through reconstruction and rehabilitation, Total Burn Care walks you through every step of the burn management process. In this updated Sixth Edition, leading authority Dr. David N. Herndon is joined by new co-editor and plastic surgeon, Dr. Rajiv Sood, to provide detailed procedural guidelines that benefit everyone on the burn care team. This integrated, multidisciplinary text remains an indispensable resource for general and plastic surgeons, intensivists, anesthetists, and nurses, offering practical guidance on meeting the clinical, physical, psychological, and social needs of every patient.
1. Total Burn Care - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. Contributors - p. vi 8. Preface - p. xviii 9. Acknowledgements - p. xix 10. List of Illustrations - p. xx 11. List of Tables - p. xxi 12. PART I. Burn Care - p. 1 13. 1. A brief history of acute burn care management - p. 2 14. 2. Teamwork for total burn care: Burn centers and multidisciplinary burn teams - p. 9 15. 3. Epidemiological, demographic, and outcome characteristics of burns - p. 16 16. 4. Burn management in disasters and humanitarian crises - p. 33 17. 5. Care of outpatient burns - p. 41 18. 6. Prehospital management, transportation, and emergency care - p. 50 19. 7. Pathophysiology of burn shock and burn edema - p. 57 20. 8. Burn resuscitation - p. 67 21. 9. Burn wound evaluation - p. 76 22. 10. Treatment of infection in burn patients - p. 85 23. 11. Operative wound management - p. 107 24. 12. Anesthesia for burn surgery - p. 128 25. 13. The skin bank - p. 136 26. 14. Skin substitutes, new developments - p. 145 27. 15. The pathophysiology of inhalation injury - p. 154 28. 16. Diagnosis and treatment of inhalation injury - p. 165 29. 17. Respiratory care - p. 175 30. 18. Hematology, hemostasis, thromboprophylaxis, and transfusion medicine in burn patients - p. 185 31. 19. Significance of the hormonal, adrenal, and sympathetic responses to burn injury - p. 197 32. 20. Importance of mineral and bone metabolism after burn - p. 209 33. 21. Trace element, vitamin, and electrolyte homeostasis in major burns - p. 222 34. 22. Nutritional needs and support for the burn patient - p. 232 35. 23. Modulation of the hypermetabolic response after burn injury - p. 246 36. 24. Etiology and prevention of multisystem organ failure - p. 253 37. 25. Acute renal failure in association with thermal injury - p. 264 38. 26. Critical care in the severely burned: Organ support and management of complications - p. 274 39. 27. Burn nursing - p. 301 40. 28. Care of the burned pregnant patient - p. 317 41. 29. Care of the burned pediatric patient - p. 325 42. 30. Care of geriatric patients - p. 337 43. 31. Surgical management of complications of burn injury - p. 342 44. 32. Cold-induced injury: Frostbite - p. 354 45. 33. Chemical burns - p. 359 46. 34. Radiation injuries and vesicant burns - p. 365 47. 35. Combined burn and other injuries - p. 374 48. 36. Exfoliative diseases of the integument and soft tissue necrotizing infections - p. 389 49. 37. Burn injuries of the eye - p. 402 50. 38. The burn problem: A pathologist’s perspective - p. 412 51. 39. Psychiatric disorders associated with burn injuries - p. 423 52. 40. Burn rehabilitation along the continuum of care - p. 431 53. 41. Musculoskeletal changes secondary to thermal burns - p. 466 54. PART II. Burn Reconstruction - p. 481 55. 42. Principles of burn reconstruction - p. 482 56. 43. Wound healing - p. 495 57. 44. Abnormal wound healing: Molecular and cellular basis of hypertrophic scarring - p. 500 58. 45. VAC therapy for burn reconstruction - p. 507 59. 46. Preoperative planning: A holistic approach to burn reconstruction - p. 513 60. 47. Functional sequelae and disability assessment - p. 521 61. 48. The pediatric burned patient—optimizing acute burn care for prevention of postburn sequalae - p. 527 62. 49. Advanced practice provider management of the burn reconstructive patient - p. 544 63. 50. Skin substitutes: Surgical application in major burns and scar resurfacing - p. 555 64. 51. The evolution of cell-based therapies for cutaneous repair - p. 567 65. 52. Flap reconstruction using microsurgery - p. 581 66. 53. Clinical lasers and burn scar management - p. 594 67. 54. Psychosocial recovery and reintegration of patients with burn injuries - p. 604 68. 55. Aesthetic reconstruction in burn patients - p. 614 69. 56. Burned scalp/forehead and brow - p. 620 70. 57. Periorbital burn management - p. 629 71. 58. Lip, mouth, nose, and face reconstruction - p. 643 72. 59. Total facial transplantation - p. 665 73. 60. Ear - p. 673 74. 61. Reconstruction of the burned neck - p. 685 75. 62. Reconstruction of burn injuries to the breast and nipple-areola complex - p. 690 76. 63. Reconstruction of the axilla - p. 699 77. 64. Reconstruction of the contracted elbow postburn - p. 714 78. 65. Reconstruction of the burned trunk and perineum - p. 717 79. 66. The burned hand - p. 723 80. 67. Reconstruction of burn deformities of the lower extremity - p. 730 81. 68. Burn reconstruction in low- and middle-income countries - p. 735 82. Index - p. 744
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Trauma Surgery**
From resuscitation through reconstruction and rehabilitation, Total Burn Care walks you through every step of the burn management process. In this updated Sixth Edition, leading authority Dr. David N. Herndon is joined by new co-editor and plastic surgeon, Dr. Rajiv Sood, to provide detailed procedural guidelines that benefit everyone on the burn care team. This integrated, multidisciplinary text remains an indispensable resource for general and plastic surgeons, intensivists, anesthetists, and nurses, offering practical guidance on meeting the clinical, physical, psychological, and social needs of every patient.
1. Total Burn Care - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. Contributors - p. vi 8. Preface - p. xviii 9. Acknowledgements - p. xix 10. List of Illustrations - p. xx 11. List of Tables - p. xxi 12. PART I. Burn Care - p. 1 13. 1. A brief history of acute burn care management - p. 2 14. 2. Teamwork for total burn care: Burn centers and multidisciplinary burn teams - p. 9 15. 3. Epidemiological, demographic, and outcome characteristics of burns - p. 16 16. 4. Burn management in disasters and humanitarian crises - p. 33 17. 5. Care of outpatient burns - p. 41 18. 6. Prehospital management, transportation, and emergency care - p. 50 19. 7. Pathophysiology of burn shock and burn edema - p. 57 20. 8. Burn resuscitation - p. 67 21. 9. Burn wound evaluation - p. 76 22. 10. Treatment of infection in burn patients - p. 85 23. 11. Operative wound management - p. 107 24. 12. Anesthesia for burn surgery - p. 128 25. 13. The skin bank - p. 136 26. 14. Skin substitutes, new developments - p. 145 27. 15. The pathophysiology of inhalation injury - p. 154 28. 16. Diagnosis and treatment of inhalation injury - p. 165 29. 17. Respiratory care - p. 175 30. 18. Hematology, hemostasis, thromboprophylaxis, and transfusion medicine in burn patients - p. 185 31. 19. Significance of the hormonal, adrenal, and sympathetic responses to burn injury - p. 197 32. 20. Importance of mineral and bone metabolism after burn - p. 209 33. 21. Trace element, vitamin, and electrolyte homeostasis in major burns - p. 222 34. 22. Nutritional needs and support for the burn patient - p. 232 35. 23. Modulation of the hypermetabolic response after burn injury - p. 246 36. 24. Etiology and prevention of multisystem organ failure - p. 253 37. 25. Acute renal failure in association with thermal injury - p. 264 38. 26. Critical care in the severely burned: Organ support and management of complications - p. 274 39. 27. Burn nursing - p. 301 40. 28. Care of the burned pregnant patient - p. 317 41. 29. Care of the burned pediatric patient - p. 325 42. 30. Care of geriatric patients - p. 337 43. 31. Surgical management of complications of burn injury - p. 342 44. 32. Cold-induced injury: Frostbite - p. 354 45. 33. Chemical burns - p. 359 46. 34. Radiation injuries and vesicant burns - p. 365 47. 35. Combined burn and other injuries - p. 374 48. 36. Exfoliative diseases of the integument and soft tissue necrotizing infections - p. 389 49. 37. Burn injuries of the eye - p. 402 50. 38. The burn problem: A pathologist’s perspective - p. 412 51. 39. Psychiatric disorders associated with burn injuries - p. 423 52. 40. Burn rehabilitation along the continuum of care - p. 431 53. 41. Musculoskeletal changes secondary to thermal burns - p. 466 54. PART II. Burn Reconstruction - p. 481 55. 42. Principles of burn reconstruction - p. 482 56. 43. Wound healing - p. 495 57. 44. Abnormal wound healing: Molecular and cellular basis of hypertrophic scarring - p. 500 58. 45. VAC therapy for burn reconstruction - p. 507 59. 46. Preoperative planning: A holistic approach to burn reconstruction - p. 513 60. 47. Functional sequelae and disability assessment - p. 521 61. 48. The pediatric burned patient—optimizing acute burn care for prevention of postburn sequalae - p. 527 62. 49. Advanced practice provider management of the burn reconstructive patient - p. 544 63. 50. Skin substitutes: Surgical application in major burns and scar resurfacing - p. 555 64. 51. The evolution of cell-based therapies for cutaneous repair - p. 567 65. 52. Flap reconstruction using microsurgery - p. 581 66. 53. Clinical lasers and burn scar management - p. 594 67. 54. Psychosocial recovery and reintegration of patients with burn injuries - p. 604 68. 55. Aesthetic reconstruction in burn patients - p. 614 69. 56. Burned scalp/forehead and brow - p. 620 70. 57. Periorbital burn management - p. 629 71. 58. Lip, mouth, nose, and face reconstruction - p. 643 72. 59. Total facial transplantation - p. 665 73. 60. Ear - p. 673 74. 61. Reconstruction of the burned neck - p. 685 75. 62. Reconstruction of burn injuries to the breast and nipple-areola complex - p. 690 76. 63. Reconstruction of the axilla - p. 699 77. 64. Reconstruction of the contracted elbow postburn - p. 714 78. 65. Reconstruction of the burned trunk and perineum - p. 717 79. 66. The burned hand - p. 723 80. 67. Reconstruction of burn deformities of the lower extremity - p. 730 81. 68. Burn reconstruction in low- and middle-income countries - p. 735 82. Index - p. 744
