Title: Tissue viability
Description: The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive learning package in tissue viability. It covers all aspects of wound prevention and management, and considers the microbiological reasons why some wounds do not heal. It discusses factors that affect healing, pressure sore prevention and management, audit, ethics and the law. This is a comprehensive book that will enable not only nurses, but also doctors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists to develop a deeper understanding of wound care practice and research appreciation.    The skin and wound healing  Wound assessment  Dressings and treatment  Wound infection and colonisation  Assessment, management and treatment of leg ulcers  Nutritional assessment  Surgical wounds  The process of audit and research in tissue viablity  Pressure ulcer prevention  Seating  Healing and prevention of pressure ulcers  Fungating wounds  Ethics and the law  The specialist nurse in wound management  Index
Subjects: Injuries, Medical, Nonfiction, Skin, Skin Ulcer, Soft tissue injuries, Therapy, Treatment, Wound healing, Wounds and injuries, Nursing, Laboratory Medicine, Nursing - Medical & Surgical, Nursing - Nurse & Patient, Medical / Nursing / General, Nursing - General, Medical / Nursing, Cicatrisation, Tissu mou, Lésions et blessures, Peau, Wound Healing, Wounds and Injuries, Skin, wounds and injuries, Bedsores