DESCRIPCIÓN

Designed for health care professionals in multiple disciplines and clinical settings, this comprehensive, evidence-based wound care text provides basic and advanced information on wound healing and therapies and emphasizes clinical decision-making. The text integrates the latest scientific findings with principles of good wound care and provides a complete set of current, evidence-based practices. This edition features a full color design with color images, a new chapter on burn management, and a new chapter on hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Technological advances covered include ultrasound for wound debridement, laser treatments, and a single-patient-use disposable device for delivering pulsed radio frequency. Features: NEW! Chapter on burn management NEW! Chapter on hyperbaric oxygen therapy NEW! Full color design with full color images Chapter on wound pain management presents the latest evidence on wound pain as well as pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical wound pain interventions Chapter on negative pressure wound therapy sets forth step-by-step procedures that show how to use this therapy on many types of hard-to-heal wounds Coverage of technologic advances such as the use of ultrasound for wound debridement, laser, and a single patient use disposable device for delivering pulsed radio frequency provide the most current information available in the field A multidisciplinary team of authors and contributors present their various approaches and viewpoints in order to provide a variety of strategies and tactics for dealing with all types of wounds and all stages of wound care. Step-by-step wound care procedures help to confidently administer both standard and cutting-edge wound care interventions and therapies. Patient teaching guidelines highlight critical points that patients and caregivers need to understand. Clinical Wisdom within the chapters apply the material to a clinical setting. Clinical case studies at the end of each chapter show how to incorporate the information from the text into everyday practice. Table of Contents: PART I Introduction to Wound Care Diagnosis Chapter 1 The Wound Care Process Chapter 2 Skin and Soft Tissue Anatomy andWound Healing Physiology Chapter 3 Assessment of the Patient, Skin and Wound Chapter 4 Wound Measurements and Prediction of Healing Chapter 5 Tools to Measure Wound Healing Chapter 6 Vascular Assessment Chapter 7 Nutritional Assessment and Treatment PART II Management by Wound Etiology Chapter 8 Management of the Acute Surgical Wound Chapter 9 Management of Pressure Ulcers: Pathophysiology and Prevention Chapter 10 Management of Pressure by Therapeutic Positioning Chapter 11 Management and Diagnosis of Vascular Ulcers Chapter 12 Management of the Neuropathic Foot Chapter 13 Management of Common Foot Problems Chapter 14 Management of Malignant Cutaneous Wounds and Fistulas Chapter 15 Management of Burns Chapter 16 Management of Scar PART III Management by Wound Characteristics Chapter 17 Management of Necrotic Tissue Chapter 18 Management of Exudate and Infection Chapter 19 Management of Edema Chapter 20 Management of the Wound Environment with Dressings and Topical Agents Chapter 21 Management of the Wound Environment with Advanced Therapies Chapter 22 Management of Wound Pain PART IV Management of Wound Healing with Biophysical Agents Chapter 23 Electrical Stimulation for Wound Healing Chapter 24 Induced Electrical Stimulation: Pulsed Radio Frequency and Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields Chapter 25 Phototherapy in Wound Management Chapter 26 Therapeutic and Diagnostic Ultrasound Chapter 27 Hydrotherapy Chapter 28 Pulsatile Lavage with Suction Chapter 29 Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Chapter 30 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy