Wound care essentials : practice principles / [electronic resource] [edited by] Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello. - Third edition. - 1 online resource (613 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Rev. edition of: Wound care essentials / Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello. 2nd edition c2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wound care concepts -- Quality of life and ethical issues -- Regulation and wound care -- Legal aspects of wound care -- Skin: an essential organ -- Acute and chronic wound healing -- Wound assessment -- Wound bioburden and infection -- Wound debridement -- Wound treatment options -- Nutrition and wound care -- Pressure redistribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces -- Pain management and wounds -- Wound classifications and management strategies -- Pressure ulcers -- Venous disease and lymphedema management -- Arterial ulcers -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Sickle cell ulcers -- Surgical reconstruction of wounds -- Tube, drain, and fistula management -- Atypical wounds -- Wounds in special populations -- Pressure ulcers in neonatal and pediatric populations -- Palliative wound care -- Wound care perspectives: present and future.




Wounds and injuries--Patients--Care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wounds and injuries--Nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wound healing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.


Electronic books.

RD94 / .B374 2012

617.1