| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 597 pages, 48 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Wound care essentials / Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello. 2nd ed. c2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Quality of life and ethical issues / Mona Mylene Baharestani -- Regulation and wound care / Dan R. Berlowitz, Denise Israel-Richardson, and Courtney H. Lyder -- Legal aspects of wound care / Steven P. Knowlton and Gregory Brown -- Skin : an essential organ / Sharon Baranoski ... [et al.] -- Acute and chronic wound healing / Samantha Holloway ... [et al.] -- Wound assessment / Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello, and Diane K. Langemo -- Wound bioburden and infection / Sue E. Gardner and Rita A. Frantz -- Wound debridement / Elizabeth A. Ayello ... [et al.] -- Wound treatment options / Sharon Baranoski ... [et al.] -- Nutrition and wound care / Mary Ellen Posthauer and David R. Thomas -- Pressure redistribution : seating, positioning, and support surfaces / David M. Brienza ... [et al.] -- Pain management and wounds / Linda E. Dallam ... [et al.] -- Pressure ulcers / Elizabeth A. Ayello ... [et al.] -- Venous disease and lymphedema management. Venous disease / Mary Y. Sieggreen and Ronald A. Kline ; Lymphedema / Carolyn E. Fife, Mary Y. Sieggreen, and Ronald A. Kline -- Arterial ulcers / Mary Y. Sieggreen ... [et al.] -- Diabetic foot ulcers / Lawrence A. Lavery ... [et al.] -- Sickle cell ulcers / Terry Treadwell -- Surgical reconstruction of wounds / Joyce M. Black and Steven B. Black -- Tube, drain, and fistula management / Paula Erwin-Toth and Linda J. Stricker -- Atypical wounds / David Weinstein, Tami De Araujo, and Robert S. Kirsner -- Wounds in special populations. Intensive care population / Janet E. Cuddigan ; Spinal cord injury population / Susan L. Garber ; HIV/AIDS population / Carl A. Kirton ; Bariatric population / Janet E. Cuddigan and Sharon Baranoski -- Pressure ulcers in neonatal and pediatric populations / Mona Mylene Baharestani -- Palliative wound care / Diane K. Langemo -- Wound care perspectives : present and future / Elizabeth A. Ayello and Sharon Baranoski. |
| Summary |
This book is a clinical reference in the specialty of wound care is the go-to guide for Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Physicians, Podiatrists, Long Term Care professionals and others shouldering the responsibility of finding effective solutions in treating both common and atypical wound problems. Written by renowned wound care experts Sharon Baranoski and Elizabeth Ayello, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of experts, this handbook covers all aspects of wound assessment, treatment, and care. It also covers topics that other text-references do not, including sickle cell wounds, atypical wounds, and an entire chapter devoted to special populations. The book is divided into two parts. The first is Wound Care Concepts, which provides in-depth information on need-to-know topics, including assessment, wound healing, treatment options, pain management, and much more. The second section, Wound Classification and Management Strategies, covers the various types of wounds. Including wounds such as pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, surgical wounds, and many others - and provides the strategies for their successful care. |
| Subject |
Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Care -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Wounds and injuries -- Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Wound healing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Wounds and Injuries -- therapy.
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Wound Healing.
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| Added Author |
Baranoski, Sharon.
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Ayello, Elizabeth A.
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Baranoski, Sharon.
Wound care essentials.
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| ISBN |
9781451113044 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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1451113048 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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