Wound management for the advanced practitioner /

Increasingly, wound management is recognised as a specialised area of practice. Advances in wound-care products, surgical interventions, and social-support options create an often bewildering array of knowledge for healthcare practitioners. This textbook opens with a focus on the core elements of ef...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Swanson, Terry (Editor), Asimus, Margo (Editor), McGuiness, Bill (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Research, Vic. : IP Communications, 2014.
Subjects:
Wounds and injuries > Treatment.
Wounds and Injuries > nursing
Wounds and Injuries > physiopathology
Lésions et blessures > Traitement.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Wounds and injuries > Treatment
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Dedication
  • About the editors
  • About the contributors
  • List of colour plates
  • Part 1 Core elements of effective wound management
  • Chapter 1 The science of wound healing
  • Chapter 2 Factors that inhibit wound healing
  • Chapter 3 Assessment
  • Chapter 4 Outcome measures
  • Appendix 4.1 Healable wound cost effectiveness calculation template
  • Chapter 5 Evidence-based practice
  • Chapter 6 Undertaking research
  • Part 2 Wound bed preparation and management
  • Chapter 7 Diagnostic investigations
  • Chapter 8 Assessment and management of non-viable tissue
  • Appendix 8.1 Debridement modality matrix
  • Chapter 9 Infected wounds
  • Chapter 10 Modern dressings and technologies
  • Chapter 11 Pharmacology in wound management
  • Chapter 12 Acute wounds
  • Part 3 Types of wounds
  • Chapter 13 Venous leg ulceration
  • Chapter 14 Arterial and mixed arterial-venous ulceration
  • Chapter 15 Inflammatory ulcers
  • Chapter 16 Unusual wounds
  • Chapter 17 Pressure injury
  • Chapter 18 The high-risk foot
  • Part 4 The professionalisation of wound managementin Australia
  • Chapter 19 Evolution of wound management in Australia
  • Chapter 20 Wound management education in Australia
  • Index.

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