Wound care essentials : practice principles / clinical editors, Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello

Published:: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2020]
Edition:: Fifth edition.
Physical Description:: xii, 708 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Additional Creators:: Baranoski, Sharon and Ayello, Elizabeth A.

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Contents:

Quality of life and ethical issues -- Reimbursement regulations impacting 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 distribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces -- Pain management and wounds -- Skin: challenging conditions -- Pressure injuries -- Venous disease and ulcers -- Lymphedema: complete decongestive therapy -- Arterial ulcers -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Sickle cell ulcers -- Surgical wounds and surgical reconstruction -- Tube, drain, and fistula management -- Atypical wounds -- Spinal cord injury population -- Adiposity and the bariatric patient -- Pressure injuries in neonatal and pediatric populations -- Palliative skin and wound care -- Wound gallery.

Summary:

"A crucial guide for all skin and wound care professionals, this essential resource provides authoritative science and practical instruction on wound care best practices. This must-have guide offers the latest, skin and wound care research-backed insights on prevention and management strategies. Three new chapters - Skin, Challenging Skin Conditions and Lymphedema. Skin and wound care concepts - every chapter has been updated with the most current international guidelines especially for pressure injuries and skin tears." -- Publisher.

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Handbooks and manuals

ISBN:

9781975128883 (paperback)
1975128885 (paperback)

Note:

Previous edition: Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2016.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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