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    Wound care essentials : practice principles / [edited by] Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello.

    • Title:Wound care essentials : practice principles / [edited by] Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Baranoski, Sharon.
      Ayello, Elizabeth A.
      Baranoski, Sharon. Wound care essentials.
    • Published/Created:Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2012.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Wounds and injuries--Patients--Care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
      Wounds and injuries--Nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
      Wound healing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
    • Medical Subjects: Wounds and Injuries--therapy.
      Wound Healing.
    • Edition:3rd ed.
    • Description:xvi, 597 pages, 48 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
    • 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.
    • Notes:Rev. ed. of: Wound care essentials / Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello. 2nd ed. c2008.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781451113044 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      1451113048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: I. Wound Care Concepts
      1. Quality of Life and Ethical Issues / Mona Mylene Baharestani
      2. Regulation and Wound Care / Courtney H. Lyder
      3. Legal Aspects of Wound Care / Gregory Brown
      4. Skin: An Essential Organ / Jeffrey M. Levine
      5. Acute and Chronic Wound Healing / Gregory Schultz
      6. Wound Assessment / Diane K. Langemo
      7. Wound Bioburden and Infection / Rita A. Frantz
      8. Wound Debridement / Janet E. Cuddigan
      9. Wound Treatment Options / Pamela Scarborough
      10. Nutrition and Wound Care / David R. Thomas
      11. Pressure Redistribution: Seating, Positioning, and Support Surfaces / Karen Zulkowski
      12. Pain Management and Wounds / R. Gary Sibbald
      II. Wound Classificatins and Management Strategies
      13. Pressure Ulcers / Wendy S. Harris
      14. Venous Disease and Lymphedema Management
      Venous Disease / Ronald A. Kline
      Lymphedema / Ronald A. Kline
      15. Arterial Ulcers / Gregory Ralph Weir
      16. Diabetic Foot Ulcers / Steven R. Kravitz
      17. Sickle Cell Ulcers / Terry Treadwell
      18. Surgical Reconstruction of Wounds / Steven B. Black
      19. Tube, Drain, and Fistula Management / Linda J. Stricker
      20. Atypical Wounds / Robert S. Kirsner
      21. 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 / Sharon Baranoski
      22. Pressure Ulcers in Neonatal and Pediatric Populations / Mona Mylene Baharestani
      23. Palliative Wound Care / Diane K. Langemo
      24. Wound Care Perspectives: Present and Future / Sharon Baranoski.
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