| Description |
xi, 528 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Series |
Clinical guide |
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Clinical guide.
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| Contents |
Wound care and prevention -- Fundamentals of skin and wound care -- Assessment parameters for skin and wound care -- Mapping laboratory values in wound healing -- Lower-extremity and pressure ulcers -- Preparing and managing the skin and the wound bed -- The art of documentation and outcomes -- Wound care products -- Dressings -- Alginates -- Antimicrobials -- Collagens -- Composites -- Contact layers -- Foams -- Hydrocolloids -- Hydrogels -- Specialty absorptives -- Surgical supplies, miscellaneous -- Transparent films -- Wound fillers -- Other products -- Drugs -- Products -- Additional dressings and products -- Abdominal dressing holders/binders -- Compression bandage systems -- Conforming bandages -- Elastic bandage rolls -- Gauze, impregnated with other than water, normal saline or hydrogel, without adhesive border -- Gauze, impregnated with water or normal saline, without adhesive border -- Gauze, nonelastic rolls -- Gauze, nonimpregnated, with adhesive border -- Gauze, nonimpregnated, without adhesive border -- Tapes -- Wound cleansers -- Wound pouches -- A. Body mass index -- B. Braden scale -- C. Wagner ulcer grade classification -- D. Treatment algorithm for pressure ulcers -- E. Treatment algorithm for arterial ulcers -- F. Treatment algorithm for venous ulcers -- G. Treatment algorithm for diabetic ulcers -- H. Treatment algorithm for diabetic ulcer wound care -- I. Laboratory tests to rule out atypical causes of leg ulcers -- J. Ankle-brachen index use in patients with diabetes -- Manufacturer resource guide |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 505) and index |
| Subject |
Wounds and injuries -- Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Wound healing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Wounds and Injuries -- nursing.
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Bandages.
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Skin Ulcer -- nursing.
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Wound Healing.
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Wounds and Injuries -- therapy.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbook.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| LC no. |
2004013030 |
| ISBN |
1582552940 |
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