Wound care essentials : practice principles / Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello.

Author/creator Baranoski, Sharon
Other author Ayello, Elizabeth A.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2004.
Descriptionxv, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003013185
ISBN1582552746 :