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"A crucial guide for all skin and wound care professionals, this essential resource provides authoritative science and practical instruction on wound care best practices. This must-have guide offers the latest, skin and wound care research-backed insights on prevention and management strategies...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baranoski, Sharon (Author)
Corporate Author: Ovid Technologies, Inc
Other Authors: Ayello, Elizabeth A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
Edition:5th ed.
Subjects:
Wounds and injuries > Treatment.
Wound healing.
Wounds and Injuries > therapy
Wound Healing
Lésions et blessures > Traitement.
Cicatrisation.
Wound healing
Wounds and injuries > Treatment
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Quality of life and ethical issues
  • Reimbursement regulations impacting wound care
  • Legal aspects of wound care
  • Skin: an essential organ
  • Acute and chronic wound healing
  • Wound assessment
  • Wound bioburden and infection
  • Wound debridement
  • Wound treatment options
  • Nutrition and wound care
  • Pressure distribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces
  • Pain management and wounds
  • Skin: challenging conditions
  • Pressure injuries
  • Venous disease and ulcers
  • Lymphedema: complete decongestive therapy
  • Arterial ulcers
  • Diabetic foot ulcers
  • Sickle cell ulcers
  • Surgical wounds and surgical reconstruction
  • Tube, drain, and fistula management
  • Atypical wounds
  • Spinal cord injury population
  • Adiposity and the bariatric patient
  • Pressure injuries in neonatal and pediatric populations
  • Palliative skin and wound care
  • Wound gallery.

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