Baranoski, Sharon. <br/><br/>
Wound care essentials :  practice principles / 
Sharon Baranoski and Elizabeth A. Ayello. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Philadelphia, Pa. ;  London :  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,  2007. 
 - 464 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 2004. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781582554693 (pbk.) :  £24.95 1582554692 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wound care.<br/>Wounds and injuries--Patients--Care<br/>Wounds and injuries--Nursing<br/>Wound healing.<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Trauma & shock
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RD94  / .W655 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>617.1406 AYE