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This book is essential for today's health care provider. It covers all aspects of how to treat and manage wounds. It details step-by-step management of patients with open wounds, including pathophysiology, evaluation methods, and options for treatment. The book addresses critical information regarding treatment of pressure and leg ulcers, nutrition, pharmacology, dressings, total contact casting, and a variety of modalities including electrical stimulation, ultrasound, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and low-energy laser. This book looks at the essential area of clinical research and the need to establish efficacy and cost-effectiveness for the various modalities. Each individual chapter specifically and thoroughly addresses an area of wound management and includes an introduction, literature review, and treatment procedures, as well as numerous up-to-date references.

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Dr. Prem P. Gogia has over 30 years of experience in physical rehabilitation. He is a clinician, researcher, and educator based in Houston, Texas. Dr. Gogia has published 21 research/special interest papers in professional journals. In addition to contributing a few chapters to books, he is the author of four books titled, Clinical Cardiac Rehabilitation, Clinical Alzheimer Rehabilitation, Clinical Wound Management, and Clinical Orthopedic Tests. Dr. Gogia received his MD degree from All Saints University of Medicine, DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy) degree from Drexel University, and PhD degree from Texas Woman's University. Dr. Gogia also earned a MBA degree from Southern Illinois University.

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