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Wound care at a glance / Ian Peate, Melanie Stephens.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: At a glance series (Oxford, England)Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: Second editionDescription: ix, 130 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
ISBN:
  • 9781119590590
  • 1119590590
  • 9781119590484
  • 1119590485
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 617.1 23
LOC classification:
  • RD93 .P43 2020
Contents:
Preface to the second edition - Acknowledgements - How to use your textbook - About the companion website - Anatomy and physiology - The history of wound care - Anatomy and physiology of the skin - Psychological and social aspects of the skin - Body image - The skin and ageing - The normal healing process: acute wounds - Haemostasis - Inflammation - Proliferation (granulation and epithelialisation) - Maturation - Factors affecting wound-healing - The abnormal healing process: chronic wound healing - The impaired healing process - Factors affecting wound-healing - Nutrition and wound-healing - Incontinence and wounds - Vascular disease - Wound management in practice - Assessment of skin - Assessment of the patient with a wound - Classification of wounds - Legal and ethical aspects of wound care - Documenting wounds and keeping records - Evidence based practice - Treatment options - Pain management - Dressing selection - Principles of wound management - Principles of wound management - Managing wound exudate: moist wound healing, hydration and maceration - Generic wound products: mode of action - Choosing a wound care product - Use of topical antimicrobials and antibiotics - Application of lotions, creams, emollients and ointments - Advanced technologies - Complexities of wound care - Pressure redistribution equipment - Pressure ulcer classification and prevention - Pressure ulcers - Venous leg ulcers - Lymphoedema - Compression therapy - Arterial ulcers - Assessing for arterial disease: ankle–brachial pressure index and toe–brachial pressure index - Interpreting ABPIs - Diabetic foot ulcers - Moisture lesions - Surgical wounds - Traumatic wounds - Burns and scalds - Atypical wounds - Wounds in different populations - Malignant wounds and palliative wound care - Glossary - References and further reading - Index
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the second edition - Acknowledgements - How to use your textbook - About the companion website - Anatomy and physiology - The history of wound care - Anatomy and physiology of the skin - Psychological and social aspects of the skin - Body image - The skin and ageing - The normal healing process: acute wounds - Haemostasis - Inflammation - Proliferation (granulation and epithelialisation) - Maturation - Factors affecting wound-healing - The abnormal healing process: chronic wound healing - The impaired healing process - Factors affecting wound-healing - Nutrition and wound-healing - Incontinence and wounds - Vascular disease - Wound management in practice - Assessment of skin - Assessment of the patient with a wound - Classification of wounds - Legal and ethical aspects of wound care - Documenting wounds and keeping records - Evidence based practice - Treatment options - Pain management - Dressing selection - Principles of wound management - Principles of wound management - Managing wound exudate: moist wound healing, hydration and maceration - Generic wound products: mode of action - Choosing a wound care product - Use of topical antimicrobials and antibiotics - Application of lotions, creams, emollients and ointments - Advanced technologies - Complexities of wound care - Pressure redistribution equipment - Pressure ulcer classification and prevention - Pressure ulcers - Venous leg ulcers - Lymphoedema - Compression therapy - Arterial ulcers - Assessing for arterial disease: ankle–brachial pressure index and toe–brachial pressure index - Interpreting ABPIs - Diabetic foot ulcers - Moisture lesions - Surgical wounds - Traumatic wounds - Burns and scalds - Atypical wounds - Wounds in different populations - Malignant wounds and palliative wound care - Glossary - References and further reading - Index

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