Wound Care A Collaborative Practice Manual for Health Professionals

by Sussman, Carrie; Bates-Jensen, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780781774444
• ISBN10: 0781774446
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780834219731, 9781608317158
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-07
• Publisher: LWW
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Summary

Designed for health care professionals in multiple disciplines and clinical settings, this comprehensive, evidence-based wound care text provides basic and advanced information on wound healing and therapies and emphasizes clinical decision-making. The text integrates the latest scientific findings with principles of good wound care and provides a complete set of current, evidence-based practices. This edition features a new chapter on wound pain management and a chapter showing how to use negative pressure therapy on many types of hard-to-heal wounds. Technological advances covered include ultrasound for wound debridement, laser treatments, and a single-patient-use disposable device for delivering pulsed radio frequency.

Table of Contents

The diagnostic process	p. 2
Wound healing physiology : acute and chronic	p. 21
Nutritional assessment and treatment	p. 52
Assessment of the skin and wound	p. 85
Wound measurements and prediction of healing	p. 123
Tools to measure wound healing	p. 144
Vascular evaluation	p. 180
Management of necrotic tissue	p. 197
Management of exudate and infection	p. 215
Management of Edema	p. 234
Management of the wound environment with dressings and topical agents	p. 250
Management of the wound environment with advanced therapies	p. 268
Management of wound pain	p. 278
Management of scar	p. 309
Acute surgical wound management	p. 322
Pressure ulcers : pathophysiology and prevention	p. 336
Management of pressure by therapeutic positioning	p. 374
Diagnosis and management of vascular ulcers	p. 405
Management of the neuropathic foot	p. 421
Management of common foot problems	p. 463
Management of malignant cutaneous wounds and fistulas	p. 476
Electrical stimulation for wound healing	p. 505
Induced electrical stimulation : pulsed radio frequency and pulsed electromagnetic fields	p. 555
Phototherapy in wound management	p. 591
Therapeutic and diagnostic ultrasound	p. 612
Whirlpool	p. 644
Pulsatile lavage with suction	p. 665
Management of the wound environment with negative pressure wound therapy	p. 683
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