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Title Wound care : a collaborative practice manual / edited by Carrie Sussman, Barbara M. Bates-Jensen.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2007]
©2007

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  OVERSIZE 617.1 W938WCA    Check Shelf
Edition Third edition.
Description xvi, 32, 720 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction to wound diagnosis. The diagnostic process. Wound healing physiology: acute and chronic. Nutritional assessment and treatment. Assessment of the skin and wound. Wound measurements and prediction of healing. Tools to measure wound healing. Vascular evaluation -- Management by wound characteristics. Management of necrotic tissue. Management of exudate and infection. Management of edema. Management of the wound environment with dressings and topical agents. Management of the wound environment with advanced therapies. Management of wound pain. Management of scar -- Management by wound etiology. Acute surgical wound management. Pressure ulcers: pathophysiology and prevention. Management of pressure by therapeutic positioning. Diagnosis and management of vascular ulcers. Management of the neuropathic foot. Management of common foot problems. Management of malignant cutaneous wounds and fistulas -- Management of wound healing with biophysical agent technologies. Electrical stimulation for wound healing. Induced electrical stimulation: pulsed radio frequency and pulsed electromagnetic fields. Phototherapy in wound management. Therapeutic and diagnostic ultrasound. Whirlpool. Pulsatile lavage with suction. Management of the wound environment with negative pressure wound therapy.
Subject Wounds and Injuries -- nursing.
Wounds and Injuries -- rehabilitation.
Physical Therapy Modalities.
Wounds and Injuries -- diagnosis.
Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
Physical therapy.
Nursing.
Added Author Sussman, Carrie.
Bates-Jensen, Barbara M.
ISBN 0781774446
9780781774444
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