Overview

Designed for health care professionals in multiple disciplines and clinical settings, this comprehensive, evidence-based wound care text provides basic and advanced information on wound healing and therapies and emphasizes clinical decision-making. The text integrates the latest scientific findings with principles of good wound care and provides a complete set of current, evidence-based practices. This edition features a new chapter on wound pain management and a chapter showing how to use negative pressure therapy on many types of hard-to-heal wounds. Technological advances covered include ultrasound for wound debridement, laser treatments, and a single-patient-use disposable device for delivering pulsed radio frequency.

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Author:   Carrie Sussman ,  Barbara M. Bates-Jensen
Publisher:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Imprint:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 27.70cm
Weight:   1.929kg
ISBN:  

9780781774444

ISBN 10:   0781774446
Pages:   720
Publication Date:   07 December 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781608317158
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Dedication Preface Contributors Acknowledgements Part I Introduction to Wound Diagnosis Chapter 1 The Diagnostic Process Chapter 2 Wound Healing Physiology: Acute and Chronic Chapter 3 Nutritional Assessment and Treatment Chapter 4 Assessment of the Skin and Wound Chapter 5 Wound Measurements and Prediction of Healing Chapter 6 Tools to Measure Wound Healing Chapter 7 Vascular Evaluation Part II: Management by Wound Characteristics Chapter 8 Management of Necrotic Tissue Chapter 9 Management of Exudate and Infection Chapter 10 Management of Edema Chapter 11 Management of the Wound Environment with Dressings and Topical Agents Chapter 12 Management of the Wound Environment with Advanced Therapies Chapter 13 Management of Wound Pain Chapter 14 Management of Scar Part III: Management by Wound Etiology Chapter 15 Acute Surgical Wound Management Chapter 16 Pressure Ulcers: Pathophysiology and Prevention Chapter 17 Management of Pressure by Therapeutic Positioning Chapter 18 Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Ulcers Chapter 19 Management of the Neuropathic Foot Chapter 20 Management of Common Foot Problems Chapter 21 Management of Malignant Cutaneous Wounds and Fistulas Part IV: Management of Wound Healing with Biophysical Agents Chapter 22 Electrical Stimulation for Wound Healing Chapter 23 Induced Electrical Stimulation: Pulsed Radio Frequency and Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields Chapter 24 Phototherapy in Wound Management Chapter 25 Therapeutic and Diagnostic Ultrasound Chapter 26 Whirlpool Chapter 27 Pulsatile Lavage with Suction Chapter 28 Management of the Wound Environment with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Index

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