Leg ulcer management / Christine Moffatt, Ruth Martin, Rachael Smithdale.
By: Moffatt, Christine J. (Christine Joy).
Contributor(s): Martin, Ruth | Smithdale, Rachael.
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2007Description: xiii,426p. ; cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781405134767; 1405134763.Subject(s): Leg -- Ulcers -- Nursing | Leg Ulcer -- nursing -- Great Britain | Delivery of Health Care, Integrated -- organization & administration -- Great Britain | Evidence-Based Medicine -- Great Britain | Leg Ulcer -- therapy -- Great Britain | Patient Care Team -- organization & administration -- Great Britain | Dermatology
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Leg Ulcer Management provides a practical and accessible guide for nurses treating patients with leg ulceration. It examines ulcer types and causes of leg ulceration and draws upon international position statements on wound pain, wound bed preparation, wound infection and compression therapy to provide guidelines for effective, evidence-based care and improve concordance in leg ulcer management.
Leg Ulcer Management addresses background anatomy and physiology, assessment, pain management, psychological impact and adjunctive therapies. Each chapter includes learning outcomes, procedures and competencies, case studies and clinical scenarios.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A leg ulcer service model -- A leg ulcer care pathway -- Assessment of leg ulceration -- Venous disease -- Arterial disease -- Diabetic leg ulceration -- Other ulcer aetiologies and multi-factorial ulceration -- Assessing the wound bed and surrounding skin -- Assessment and management of pain -- Psychosocial factors in leg ulceration -- Improving concordance -- Involving the multi-disciplinary team -- Management of the wound bed & surrounding skin -- Bandaging and compression therapy -- Evaluating outcomes of a leg ulcer service -- Prevention of recurrence and patient evaluation.
Useful for nurses treating patients with leg ulceration, this practical guide examines ulcer types and causes of leg ulceration. It draws upon international position statements on wound pain, wound bed preparation, wound infection, and compression therapy, to provide guidelines for effective evidence-based care.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Ch 1 Introduction
- Ch 2 Causes of Leg Ulceration
- Ch 3 An assessment framework
- Ch 4 Understanding non-invasive vascular assessment
- Ch 5 Assessment and management of pain
- Ch 6 The psychological impact of leg ulceration
- Ch 7 Improving concordance in leg ulcer management
- Ch 8 Wound bed preparation.Ch 9 Wound infection
- Ch 10 Compression therapy
- Ch 11 Venous ulceration
- Ch 12 Ischaemic ulceration
- Ch 13 Diabetic foot ulceration
- Ch 14 Mixed aetiology ulceration
- Ch 15 Adjunctive and novel therapies