Contributors and consultants | p. vii |
Foreword | p. xi |
Preface | p. xii |
Dedication | p. xiii |
Wound care concepts | |
Quality of life and ethical issues | p. 2 |
Regulation and wound care | p. 18 |
Legal aspects of wound care | p. 30 |
Skin: An essential organ | p. 47 |
Acute and chronic wound healing | p. 64 |
Wound assessment | p. 77 |
Wound bioburden | p. 93 |
Wound debridement | p. 119 |
Wound treatment options | p. 136 |
Nutrition and wound care | p. 172 |
Pressure redistribution: Seating, positioning, and support surfaces | p. 202 |
Pain management and wounds | p. 229 |
Wound classifications and management strategies | |
Pressure ulcers | p. 254 |
Venous ulcers, lymphedema, and compression therapy | p. 287 |
Arterial ulcers | p. 317 |
Diabetic foot ulcers | p. 338 |
Sickle cell ulcers | p. 363 |
Surgical wounds, tubes, and drains | p. 373 |
Atypical wounds | p. 391 |
Wounds in special populations | p. 408 |
Palliative wound care | p. 448 |
Wound care: Where we were, where we are, where we're going | p. 462 |
Index | p. 467 |
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