Wound Care Essentials

Description:

Looking for an up-to-date, how-to, evidence-based wound care reference? The newly revised Wound Care Essentials, 5th Edition is the comprehensive seminal resource, offering the latest evidence, guidelines and information to assist the interprofessional skin and wound care team translate knowledge into practice. 

Table of Contents:

1 Quality of Life and Ethical Issues

2 Reimbursement Regulations Impacting Wound Care

3 Legal Aspects of Wound Care

4 Skin: An Essential Organ

5 Acute and Chronic Wound Healing

6 Wound Assessment

7 Wound Bioburden and Infection

8 Wound Debridement

9 Wound Treatment Options

10 Nutrition and Wound Care

11 Pressure Redistribution: Seating, Positioning, and Support Surfaces

12 Pain Management and Wounds

13 Skin—Challenging Conditions

14 Pressure Injuries

15 Venous Disease and Ulcers

16 Lymphedema: Complete Decongestive Therapy

17 Arterial Ulcers

18 Diabetic Foot Ulcers

19 Sickle Cell Ulcers

20 Surgical Wounds and Surgical Reconstruction

21 Tube, Drain, and Fistula Management

22 Atypical Wounds

23 Spinal Cord Injury Population

24 Adiposity and the Bariatric Patient

25 Pressure Injuries in Neonatal and Pediatric Populations

26 Palliative Skin and Wound Care

27 Wound Gallery

APPENDICES: Definitions of the EPUAP/NPIAP/PPPIA 2019 Clinical Guideline Strengths of Evidence and Strengths of Recommendations

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