Wound care essentials : practice principles / Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello.
| Author/creator | Baranoski, Sharon |
| Other author | Ayello, Elizabeth A. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2004. |
| Description | xv, 415 pages, 16 pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Wound care overview -- Quality of life and ethical issues -- Legal aspects of wound care -- Regulation and wound care -- Skin : an essential organ -- Acute and chronic wound healing -- Wound assessment -- Assessing and managing wound bioburden -- Wound debridement -- Wound treatment options -- Nutrition and wound care -- Seating, positioning, and support surfaces -- Assessing and managing wound care pain -- Wound diagnosis and classifications -- Pressure ulcers -- Vascular ulcers -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Sickle cell ulcers -- Special populations -- Complex acute wounds -- Atypical wounds -- Wound care : where we were, where we are, where we're going. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003013185 |
| ISBN | 1582552746 : |