Wound care essentials : practice principles /

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Other Authors: Baranoski, Sharon (ecitor of compilation.), Ayello, Elizabeth A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012]
Edition:Third edition.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Wound care concepts
  • Quality of life and ethical issues
  • Regulation and wound care
  • Legal aspects of wound care
  • Skin: an essential organ
  • Acute and chronic wound healing
  • Wound assessment
  • Wound bioburden and infection
  • Wound debridement
  • Wound treatment options
  • Nutrition and wound care
  • Pressure redistribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces
  • Pain management and wounds
  • Wound classifications and management strategies
  • Pressure ulcers
  • Venous disease and lymphedema management
  • Arterial ulcers
  • Diabetic foot ulcers
  • Sickle cell ulcers
  • Surgical reconstruction of wounds
  • Tube, drain, and fistula management
  • Atypical wounds
  • Wounds in special populations
  • Pressure ulcers in neonatal and pediatric populations
  • Palliative wound care
  • Wound care perspectives: present and future.