Overview

The fourth volume of Trends in Wound Care focuses on two particular wound types: leg ulcers and pressure ulcers. These wounds account for a large proportion of the demands made on the time and financial resources available within wound care. It is therefore important that we equip ourselves with the available knowledge in order to make best use of these resources. In addition, care of patients with leg ulcers and pressure ulcers is of topical interest. This is in some part due to the difficulty in ascertaining prevalence rates as recent, accurate and widespread prevalence data of these wounds is not available in the public domain. It would seem appropriate that the move towards bench-marking would encourage the gathering and publication of this data on a national scale. Within the overall theme in this volume, the focus remains on improving patient outcomes and reducing morbidity. It is for this reason that chapters included also examine assessment, principles of management and key considerations in dressing selection.We hope that you enjoy this latest addition to the Trends in Wound Care series that provides an update and easy reference source within this fascinating field of care.

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Author:   Keith F. Cutting
Publisher:   Mark Allen Group
Imprint:   Quay Books,a division of Mark Allen Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9781856423090

ISBN 10:   1856423093
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   18 November 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Diane Krasner Introduction 1. Signs and symptoms of hypothetical wound assessment by nurses. 2. Quality of life and leg ulceration from the patient's perspective. 3. The relationship between pain and leg ulcers: a critical review 4. The wearing of compression hosiery for leg problems other than leg ulcers 5. Uncommon causes of leg ulceration and lesions not to be missed 6. The Lindsay Leg Club Model: a model for evidence based leg ulcer management 7. Clinical variance in assessing risk of pressure ulcer development 8. Pressure ulcer benchmarking within a primary care setting 9. A static-led approach to pressure ulcers: an evaluation after 3 years 10. The benefits of VAC (NPWT) therapy in the management of pressure ulcers 11. TIME principles of chronic wound bed preparation and treatment 12. Wound management: the considerations involved in dressing selection

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Keith Cutting has been involved in tissue viability for a number of years. Apart from lecturing on wound care management, he has maintained clinical and research roles and has supported this through a number of publications. He has a keen interest in wound infection and has recently developed criteria for infection in six wound types using a Delphi approach. Keith is an editorial board member of both the Journal of Tissue Viability and the Wounds-UK journal and was elected in 2005 as International Board Member for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC). He liaises with a number of international medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and publishing companies on a consultancy basis.

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