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

By: Baranoski, Sharon.
Contributor(s): Ayello, Elizabeth A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Ambler, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008Edition: 2nd ed.Description: p. ; cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781582554693; 1582554692.Subject(s): Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Care -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Wounds and injuries -- Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Wound healing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Wounds and Injuries -- therapy | Wound Healing | Trauma & shock | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 617.1 BAR
Contents:
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 -- Wound debridement -- Wound treatment options -- Nutrition and wound care -- Pressure redistribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces -- Pain management and wounds -- Pressure ulcers -- Venous ulcers , lymphedema, and compression therapy -- Arterial ulcers -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Sickle cell ulcers -- Surgical wounds, tubes, and drains -- Atypical wounds -- Wounds in special populations -- Palliative wound care -- Wound care: where we were, where we are, where we're going.
Summary: This handbook provides practical, comprehensive guidelines for assessment and management of both common and atypical wound problems and covers many topics not sufficiently addressed in other texts, such as sickle cell wounds, amputation, gene therapy, and the specific wound care needs of special populations.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 617.1 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000787238
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 617.1 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 Available 38888000787261
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 617.1 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 6 Available 38888000787287
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Written by two well-known wound care specialists and an interdisciplinary team of experts, this handbook is essential for all professionals involved in wound care, including nurses, physical therapists, physicians, podiatrists, and long-term care professionals. The book provides practical, comprehensive guidelines for assessment and management of both common and atypical wound problems and covers many topics not sufficiently addressed in other texts, such as sickle cell wounds, amputation, gene therapy, and the specific wound care needs of special populations. Features include more than 100 photographs and illustrations, recurring icons such as Evidence-Based Practice and Practice Points , case studies, and review questions.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Wound debridement -- Wound treatment options -- Nutrition and wound care -- Pressure redistribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces -- Pain management and wounds -- Pressure ulcers -- Venous ulcers , lymphedema, and compression therapy -- Arterial ulcers -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Sickle cell ulcers -- Surgical wounds, tubes, and drains -- Atypical wounds -- Wounds in special populations -- Palliative wound care -- Wound care: where we were, where we are, where we're going.

This handbook provides practical, comprehensive guidelines for assessment and management of both common and atypical wound problems and covers many topics not sufficiently addressed in other texts, such as sickle cell wounds, amputation, gene therapy, and the specific wound care needs of special populations.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Contributors and consultants (p. vii)
  • Foreword (p. xi)
  • Preface (p. xii)
  • Dedication (p. xiii)
  • Part 1 Wound care concepts
  • 1 Quality of life and ethical issues (p. 2)
  • 2 Regulation and wound care (p. 18)
  • 3 Legal aspects of wound care (p. 30)
  • 4 Skin: An essential organ (p. 47)
  • 5 Acute and chronic wound healing (p. 64)
  • 6 Wound assessment (p. 77)
  • 7 Wound bioburden (p. 93)
  • 8 Wound debridement (p. 119)
  • 9 Wound treatment options (p. 136)
  • 10 Nutrition and wound care (p. 172)
  • 11 Pressure redistribution: Seating, positioning, and support surfaces (p. 202)
  • 12 Pain management and wounds (p. 229)
  • Part 2 Wound classifications and management strategies
  • 13 Pressure ulcers (p. 254)
  • 14 Venous ulcers, lymphedema, and compression therapy (p. 287)
  • 15 Arterial ulcers (p. 317)
  • 16 Diabetic foot ulcers (p. 338)
  • 17 Sickle cell ulcers (p. 363)
  • 18 Surgical wounds, tubes, and drains (p. 373)
  • 19 Atypical wounds (p. 391)
  • 20 Wounds in special populations (p. 408)
  • 21 Palliative wound care (p. 448)
  • 22 Wound care: Where we were, where we are, where we're going (p. 462)
  • Index (p. 467)