Wound care
By: Cathy Thomas Hess.
Edition: 5th ed.
Series: Clinical guide
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
Subjects: Wounds and injuries -- Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Wound healing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Wounds and Injuries -- nursing -- Handbooks.; Bandages -- Handbooks.; Skin Ulcer -- nursing -- Handbooks.; Wound Healing -- Handbooks.; Wounds and Injuries -- therapy -- Handbooks.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 505) and index.
Table of contents: title: Wound care and prevention; title: Fundamentals of skin and wound care; title: Assessment parameters for skin and wound care; title: Mapping laboratory values in wound healing; title: Lower-extremity and pressure ulcers; title: Preparing and managing the skin and the wound bed; title: The art of documentation and outcomes; title: Wound care products; title: Dressings; title: Alginates; title: Antimicrobials; title: Collagens; title: Composites; title: Contact layers; title: Foams; title: Hydrocolloids; title: Hydrogels; title: Specialty absorptives; title: Surgical supplies, miscellaneous; title: Transparent films; title: Wound fillers; title: Other products; title: Drugs; title: Products; title: Additional dressings and products; title: Abdominal dressing holders/binders; title: Compression bandage systems; title: Conforming bandages; title: Elastic bandage rolls; title: Gauze, impregnated with other than water, normal saline or hydrogel, without adhesive border; title: Gauze, impregnated with water or normal saline, without adhesive border; title: Gauze, nonelastic rolls; title: Gauze, nonimpregnated, with adhesive border; title: Gauze, nonimpregnated, without adhesive border; title: Tapes; title: Wound cleansers; title: Wound pouches; title: A. Body mass index; title: B. Braden scale; title: C. Wagner ulcer grade classification; title: D. Treatment algorithm for pressure ulcers; title: E. Treatment algorithm for arterial ulcers; title: F. Treatment algorithm for venous ulcers; title: G. Treatment algorithm for diabetic ulcers; title: H. Treatment algorithm for diabetic ulcer wound care; title: I. Laboratory tests to rule out atypical causes of leg ulcers; title: J. Ankle-brachen index use in patients with diabetes; title: Manufacturer resource guide.