Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 496 pages
- Published by: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Edition: 2nd Edition August 1, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1582554692
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1582554693
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Description
Created by a team of interdisciplinary professionals, Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, 2e, is a comprehensive yet concise handbook which discusses all aspects of wound care from quality of life issues to legal and regulatory aspects to skin integrity. It describes wound healing, wound assessment, and treatment options available for all wounds from the simple to the complex, including sickle cell wounds. This essential resource stresses the importance of nutrition and pain management. The reader will understand the most important aspects of caring for pressure ulcers, vascular ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, as well as the unusual wounds that result from malignant ulcers, vasculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and calciphylaxis. The wound care requirements of special population groups such as intensive care unit patients, spinal cord injury patients, and HIV-AIDS patients are identified and treatment options provided.
Book Info
Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, IL. From theory to practice, text provides the latest knowledge and technology for treating wounds most commonly seen in clinical practice. Covers complex and simple wounds, and acute and chronic wounds, including various ulcers, incisions, and grafts. Features color photographs, algorithms, and tables. Softcover. DNLM: Wounds and Injuries--therapy.
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Reader Reviews
This review is from: Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles (Paperback)
Thorough review of wound care, including assessment and treatment options. Many types of wounds covered, from pressure ulcers through atypical wounds. Great color photos. Highly recommend.
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