Trends in wound care / edited by Richard J. White. Vol. 2.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: Basics: Understanding physiology of wound healing and how dressings help; atopical issue: the use of antibacterials in wound pathogen control; applying the principles of infection control to wound care. Section 2: Chronic wounds. Investigations in the management of lower limb ulceration; developments in wound care for difficult to manage wounds. Section 3: Acute wounds. Acute surgical wound care 1: an overview of treatment; Acute surgical wound care 2: the wound healing process; wound care in the accident and emergency department; The development of a standardised approach to wound care in ICU. Section 4: Practice. The importance of wound documentation and classification; the importance of patients \' nutritional status in wound healing; nursing aspects of pressure ulcer prevention and therapy.