Pressure ulcers
Subtitle: recent advances in tissue viability
By: edited by Michael Clark
Publisher: Quay Books, MA Healthcare Ltd.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Salisbury
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9781856422635
Subjects: Bedsores; Treatment; Nursing; Pressure Ulcer; Prevention & control; Physiopathology; Tissues; Escarres de décubitus; Traitement; Soins infirmiers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Jeen R. E. Haalboom -- 1.; title: Review of advances in pressure ulcer management since 1992  -- Carol Dealey -- 2.; title: A pilot study of the prevalence of pressure ulcers in European hospitals  -- Michael Clark, Tom Defloor and Gerrie Bours -- 3.; title: Case-mix adjusted incidence of pressure ulcers in acute medical and surgical wards  -- Susan Williams, Lynne Watret and Jill Pell -- 4.; title: Morphological architecture and distribution of blood capillaries and elastic fibres in the human skin  -- Satsue Hagisawa, Tatsuo Shimada, Hiromi Arao and Yuji Asada -- 5.; title: The measurement of interface pressure and its role in soft tissue breakdown  -- Iain Swain and Dan Bader -- 6.; title: Manual repositioning : turning patients and reducing risk  -- Miles E. Maylor -- 7.; title: Evaluation of alternating-pressure air mattresses : how to do it  -- Shyam V. S. Rithalia -- 8.; title: Collecting pressure ulcer prevention and management outcomes  -- Michael Clark, Maureen Benbow, Martyn Butcher, Krzys Gebhardt, Gail Teasley and Jim Zoller -- 9.; title: Debating the relative unimportance of pressure-reducing equipment  -- Miles E. Maylor -- 10.; title: Case study methodology in tissue viability  -- Carol Dealey -- 11.; title: Models of pressure ulcer care : costs and outcomes  -- Michael Clark -- 12.; title: Pressure ulcers as indicators of neglect -- Kieran Walsh and Gerry Kennett.