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Leg ulcer management / Christine Moffatt, Ruth Martin, Rachael Smithdale.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Essential clinical skills for nursesPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2007.Description: xiii, 426 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781405134767 (pbk.) :
  • 9781405134767 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1405134763 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.196545 22
LOC classification:
  • RC951 .L4443 2007
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Contents:
A leg ulcer service model -- A leg ulcer care pathway -- Assessment of leg ulceration -- Venous disease -- Arterial disease -- Diabetic leg ulceration -- Other ulcer aetiologies and multi-factorial ulceration -- Assessing the wound bed and surrounding skin -- Assessment and management of pain -- Psychosocial factors in leg ulceration -- Improving concordance -- Involving the multi-disciplinary team -- Management of the wound bed & surrounding skin -- Bandaging and compression therapy -- Evaluating outcomes of a leg ulcer service -- Prevention of recurrence and patient evaluation.
Summary: Useful for nurses treating patients with leg ulceration, this practical guide examines ulcer types and causes of leg ulceration. It draws upon international position statements on wound pain, wound bed preparation, wound infection, and compression therapy, to provide guidelines for effective evidence-based care.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A leg ulcer service model -- A leg ulcer care pathway -- Assessment of leg ulceration -- Venous disease -- Arterial disease -- Diabetic leg ulceration -- Other ulcer aetiologies and multi-factorial ulceration -- Assessing the wound bed and surrounding skin -- Assessment and management of pain -- Psychosocial factors in leg ulceration -- Improving concordance -- Involving the multi-disciplinary team -- Management of the wound bed & surrounding skin -- Bandaging and compression therapy -- Evaluating outcomes of a leg ulcer service -- Prevention of recurrence and patient evaluation.

Useful for nurses treating patients with leg ulceration, this practical guide examines ulcer types and causes of leg ulceration. It draws upon international position statements on wound pain, wound bed preparation, wound infection, and compression therapy, to provide guidelines for effective evidence-based care.

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