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Acute & chronic wounds : current management concepts / [edited by] Ruth A. Bryant, Denise P. Nix.

Contributor(s): Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xii, 632 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780323316217
  • 0323316212
Other title:
  • Acute and chronic wounds
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 617.9/195 23
LOC classification:
  • RD 98.3 .Ac984 2016
NLM classification:
  • WY 161
Online resources:
Contents:
Sect. I: Foundations. Principles for practice development to facilitate outcomes and productivity -- Billing, reimbursement, and setting up a clinic -- Anatomy and physiology of skin and soft tissue -- Wound-healing physiology and factors that affect the repair process -- Types of skin damage and differential diagnosis -- Skin and wound inspection and assessment -- Sect. II: Pressure Ulcers. Pressure ulcers: impact, etiology, and classification -- Developing and maintaining a pressure ulcer prevention program -- Support surfaces -- Sect. III: Lower Extremity Wounds. Lower extremity assessment -- Arterial ulcers -- Venous ulcers -- Lymphedema -- Neuropathic wounds: the diabetic wound -- Foot and nail care --
Sect. IV: Wound Bed Preparation. Wound infection: diagnosis and management -- Wound debridement -- Principles of wound healing and topical management -- Sect. V: Biophysical and Biologic Agents. Cellular- and/or tissue-based products for wounds -- Molecular and cellular regulators -- Negative pressure wound therapy -- Hyperbaric oxygenation -- Electrical stimulation -- Ultraviolet light and ultrasound -- Sect. VI: Critical Cofactors. Wound pain: impact and assessment -- Managing wound pain -- Nutritional assessment and support -- Perfusion and oxygenation -- Eliminating noncompliance -- Sect. VII: Acute and Traumatic Wounds. Uncommon wounds and manifestations of intrinsic disease -- Traumatic wounds: bullets, blasts, and vehicle crashes -- Burns -- Reconstructive surgery -- Surgical wounds and incision care --
Sect. VIII: Special Patient Populations. Skin care needs of the obese patient -- Skin care needs of the neonatal and pediatric patient -- Managing wounds in palliative care -- Management of draining wounds and fistulas -- Percutaneous tube management -- Appendix A: Examples of tools used to support skin and wound care -- Appendix B: Self-assessment exercises
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Books Overnight Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Circulation Section RD 98.3 .Ac984 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0008258

Preceded by Acute & chronic wounds / [edited by] Ruth A. Bryant, Denise P. Nix. c2012

Includes bibliographical references and index

Sect. I: Foundations. Principles for practice development to facilitate outcomes and productivity -- Billing, reimbursement, and setting up a clinic -- Anatomy and physiology of skin and soft tissue -- Wound-healing physiology and factors that affect the repair process -- Types of skin damage and differential diagnosis -- Skin and wound inspection and assessment -- Sect. II: Pressure Ulcers. Pressure ulcers: impact, etiology, and classification -- Developing and maintaining a pressure ulcer prevention program -- Support surfaces -- Sect. III: Lower Extremity Wounds. Lower extremity assessment -- Arterial ulcers -- Venous ulcers -- Lymphedema -- Neuropathic wounds: the diabetic wound -- Foot and nail care --

Sect. IV: Wound Bed Preparation. Wound infection: diagnosis and management -- Wound debridement -- Principles of wound healing and topical management -- Sect. V: Biophysical and Biologic Agents. Cellular- and/or tissue-based products for wounds -- Molecular and cellular regulators -- Negative pressure wound therapy -- Hyperbaric oxygenation -- Electrical stimulation -- Ultraviolet light and ultrasound -- Sect. VI: Critical Cofactors. Wound pain: impact and assessment -- Managing wound pain -- Nutritional assessment and support -- Perfusion and oxygenation -- Eliminating noncompliance -- Sect. VII: Acute and Traumatic Wounds. Uncommon wounds and manifestations of intrinsic disease -- Traumatic wounds: bullets, blasts, and vehicle crashes -- Burns -- Reconstructive surgery -- Surgical wounds and incision care --

Sect. VIII: Special Patient Populations. Skin care needs of the obese patient -- Skin care needs of the neonatal and pediatric patient -- Managing wounds in palliative care -- Management of draining wounds and fistulas -- Percutaneous tube management -- Appendix A: Examples of tools used to support skin and wound care -- Appendix B: Self-assessment exercises

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