Synopses & Reviews
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 full color design with color images, a new chapter on burn management, and a new chapter on hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Technological advances covered include ultrasound for wound debridement, laser treatments, and a single-patient-use disposable device for delivering pulsed radio frequency.
Synopsis
The new edition is an evidence-based tool for both physical therapists and nurses in multiple settings, including acute care, outpatient rehabilitation, long-term care, and home care. It provides basic and advanced information on wound healing and therapies, and emphasizes clinical decision-making.
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