ABC of Wound Healing 2nd Edition by Annie Price, Joseph E Grey, Girish K Patel, Keith G Harding ISBN 9780470658970 0470658975

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ISBN 10: 0470658975 
ISBN 13: 9780470658970
Author: Annie Price, Joseph E Grey, Girish K Patel, Keith G Harding

ABC of Wound Healing, Second Edition

ABC of Wound Healing is a practical, highly illustrated guide to assessment, diagnosis and management of all common types of acute and chronic wounds. This concise yet comprehensive reference covers all essential aspects of wound healing care, including epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, treatment, long-term management, and prevention

This revised second edition contains several new chapters on lymphoedema, nutrition, skin care, continence, and scarring. Updated and expanded chapters cover a wider range of devices and therapies, and discuss additional factors that impact wound healing processes, offering new clinical photographs as a visual guide. Applying a multidisciplinary approach to the provision of wound care, ABC of Wound Healing:

• Covers common wounds including traumatic wounds, surgical wounds, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure injuries, and venous and arterial leg ulcers
• Emphasises the importance of reaching a diagnosis, the fundamental step in managing any wound
• Provides up-to-date information on physical, chemical, biological and emerging therapies for patients with various types of wounds
• Contains hundreds of full-colour illustrations and clinical photographs of wounds and treatments

ABC of Wound Healing, Second Edition, remains a must-have guide for junior doctors, specialist registrars in medicine and surgery, specialist nurses, general practitioners and medical students.

ABC of Wound Healing 2nd Edition Table of contents:

CHAPTER 1: Wound Assessment

Approach to patients with wounds

Non‐healing wounds

Further reading

CHAPTER 2: Traumatic Wounds

Mechanisms of injury

Management

Further reading

CHAPTER 3: Surgical Wounds and Surgical Site Infection

Classification

Wound closure

Surgical site infection

Further reading

CHAPTER 4: Burns

Mechanism of burn

Burn assessment

Management of burn injuries

Complications of burns

Further reading

CHAPTER 5: Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Neuropathic foot ulcer

Neuroischaemic foot ulcer

Principles of Management

Charcot osteoarthropathy (Charcot foot)

Acknowledgements

Reference

Further reading

CHAPTER 6: Venous and Arterial Leg Ulcers

Venous ulceration

Arterial ulceration

Mixed ulcers

Further reading

CHAPTER 7: Pressure Injuries

Pathogenesis

Classification

Prevention and treatment

Assessment of risk

Surface selection

Wound care

Safeguarding

Surgery

Complications

References

Further reading

CHAPTER 8: Uncommon Causes of Ulceration

Inflammatory disorders

Cutaneous necrosis

Infection

Malignancy

Drug and iatrogenic causes

Dermatitis artefacta

Reference

Further reading

CHAPTER 9: Infections

Sampling wounds

Treatment

Specific infections

Reference

Further reading

CHAPTER 10: Lymphoedema and Wounds

Defining lymphoedema

Causes of lymphoedema

Staging

Effects of lymphoedema on the skin

Management of lymphoedema

Acknowledgements

References

Further reading

CHAPTER 11: Nutrition, Skin Care and Continence

Nutrition

Skin care

Continence

Acknowledgements

Further reading

CHAPTER 12: Scars

Inflammation

Proliferation

Remodelling

Further reading

CHAPTER 13: Dressings and Devices

Dressings

Devices

Further reading

CHAPTER 14: Drugs and Biological Approaches to Wound Healing

Induced regeneration

Vasodilators in wound healing

Immune modulators

Drugs that reduce matrix degradation

Growth factors

Concerns about biological treatments

Reference

Further reading

Index

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