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Wound care essentials : practice principles / Sharon Baranoski and Elizabeth A. Ayello.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 464 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781582554693 (pbk.) :
  • 1582554692
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 617.1406 AYE
LOC classification:
  • RD94 .W655 2007
Contents:
PART 1. Wound Care Concepts:- 1. Quality of life and ethical issues--2. Regulation and wound care-- 3. Legal aspects of wound care--4. Skin: An essential organ--5. Acute and chronic wound healing--6. Wound assessment--7. Wound bioburden--8. Wound debridement--9. Wound treatment options--10. Nutrition and wound care--11. Pressure redistribution: Seating, positioning, and support surfaces--12. Pain management and wounds--PART 2: Wound Classifications and Management Strategies:- 13. Pressure ulcers--14. Venous ulcers, lymphedema, and compression therapy--15. Arterial ulcers--16. Diabetic foot ulcers--17. Sickle cell ulcers--18. Surgical wounds, tubes, and drains--19. Atypical wounds--20. Wounds in special populations--21. Palliative wound care--22. Wound care: Where we were, where we are, where we\'re going.
Summary: This handbook provides practical, comprehensive guidelines for assessment and management of both common and atypical wound problems and covers many topics not sufficiently addressed in other texts, such as sickle cell wounds, amputation, gene therapy, and the specific wound care needs of special populations.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 617.1406 AYE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203252
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 617.1406 AYE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203254

Previous ed.: 2004.

PART 1. Wound Care Concepts:- 1. Quality of life and ethical issues--2. Regulation and wound care-- 3. Legal aspects of wound care--4. Skin: An essential organ--5. Acute and chronic wound healing--6. Wound assessment--7. Wound bioburden--8. Wound debridement--9. Wound treatment options--10. Nutrition and wound care--11. Pressure redistribution: Seating, positioning, and support surfaces--12. Pain management and wounds--PART 2: Wound Classifications and Management Strategies:- 13. Pressure ulcers--14. Venous ulcers, lymphedema, and compression therapy--15. Arterial ulcers--16. Diabetic foot ulcers--17. Sickle cell ulcers--18. Surgical wounds, tubes, and drains--19. Atypical wounds--20. Wounds in special populations--21. Palliative wound care--22. Wound care: Where we were, where we are, where we\'re going.

This handbook provides practical, comprehensive guidelines for assessment and management of both common and atypical wound problems and covers many topics not sufficiently addressed in other texts, such as sickle cell wounds, amputation, gene therapy, and the specific wound care needs of special populations.

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