Wound care essentials : practice principles - Baranoski, Sharon; Ayello, Elizabeth A.; Baranoski, Sharon (Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012)
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.
Rev. edition of: Wound care essentials / Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello. 2nd edition c2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Care -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Wounds and injuries -- Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Wound healing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Electronic books