Wound Care integrates the most recent scientific findings with principles of good wound care to provide you with a complete set of current, evidence-based practices.
Features:
- Step-by-step wound care procedures help you to confidently administer both standard and cutting-edge wound care interventions and therapies
- Patient teaching guidelines highlight critical points that patients and caregivers need to understand
- Clinical case studies at the end of each chapter show how you can incorporate the information from the text into your everyday practice
- Over 300 photos and illustrations help readers to visualize key concepts
Contents
Introduction to Wound Diagnosis
- The Diagnostic Process
- Wound Healing Physiology: Acute and Chronic
- Nutritional Assessment and Treatment
- Assessment of the Skin and Wound
- Wound Measurements and Prediction of Healing
- Tools to Measure Wound Healing
- Vascular Evaluation
Management by Wound Characteristics
- Management of Necrotic Tissue
- Management of Exudate and Infection
- Management of Edema
- Management of the Wound Environment with Dressings and Topical Agents
- Management of the Wound Environment with Advanced Therapies
- Management of Wound Pain
- Management of Scar
Management by Wound Etiology
- Acute Surgical Wound Management
- Pressure Ulcers: Pathophysiology and Prevention
- Management of Pressure by Therapeutic Positioning
- Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Ulcers
- Management of the Neuropathic Foot
- Management of Common Foot Problems
- Management of Malignant Cutaneous Wounds and Fistulas
Management of Wound Healing with Biophysical Agent Technologies
- Electrical Stimulation for Wound Healing
- Induced Electrical Stimulation: Pulsed Radio Frequency and Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields
- Phototherapy in Wound Management
- Therapeutic and Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Whirlpool
- Pulsatile Lavage with Suction
- Management of the Wound Environment with Negative Therapy
Index
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