Wound care
Subtitle: a collaborative practice manual for health professionals
By: [edited by] Carrie Sussman, Barbara Bates-Jensen
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 811
ISBN-13: 9781608317158
Subjects: Nursing; Physical therapy; Treatment; Diagnosis; Wounds and Injuries; Rehabilitation; Physical Therapy Modalities; Wounds and injuries
Description: This book guides you through the science and practice of comprehensive wound care, emphasizing clinical decision-making and interdisciplinary care.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The wound care process; title: Skin and soft tissue anatomy and wound healing physiology; title: Assessment of the patient, skin, and wound; title: Wound measurements and prediction of healing; title: Tools to measure wound healing; title: Vascular evaluation; title: Assessment and treatment of nutrition; title: Management of acute surgical wounds; title: Pressure ulcers : pathophysiology, detection, and prevention; title: Management of pressure by therapeutic positioning; title: Management and diagnosis of vascular ulcers; title: Management of the neuropathic foot; title: Management of common foot problems; title: Management of malignant cutaneous wounds and fistulas; title: Management of burn injuries; title: Management of scar; title: Management of necrotic and nonviable tissue; title: Management of exudate, biofilms, and infection; title: Management of edema; title: Management of the wound environment with dressings and topical agents; title: Management of the wound environment with advanced therapies; title: Management of wound pain; title: Electrical stimulation for wound healing; title: Radio frequency and electromagnetic energy; title: Phototherapeutic applications for wound management; title: Therapeutic and diagnostic ultrasound; title: Hydrotherapy; title: Pulsatile lavage with suction; title: Management of the wound environment with negative pressure wound therapy; title: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy : management of the hypoxic wound.