ABC of Wound Healing

ISBN-13: 9780470658970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 112 str.

Joseph E. Grey; Keith G. Harding; Girish Patel

Opis

This brand new title in the ABC series looks at the treatment and management of wounds and healing procedure - it's the perfect aid for students, nursing staff, hospital doctors and GPs.Covers the assessment, diagnosis and management of all wounds - from traumatic to chronic. Giving practical advice on dressings and devices used in the management of wounds.

Spis treści

List of Contributors, viForeword, viii1 Wound Assessment, 1Joseph E. Grey and Girish K. Patel2 Traumatic Wounds, 9Steven L.A. Jeffery and Stuart Enoch3 Surgical Wounds and Surgical Site Infection, 14Rhiannon L. Harries, Jared Torkington, and David Leaper4 Burns, 20Jonathan J. Cubitt and William A. Dickson5 Diabetic Foot Ulcers, 26Michael E. Edmonds and Annie Price6 Venous and Arterial Leg Ulcers, 34Joseph E. Grey and Girish K. Patel7 Pressure Injuries, 41Joseph E. Grey and Jacqui Fletcher8 Uncommon Causes of Ulceration, 49Girish K. Patel and Vincent Piguet9 Infections, 56Brendan Healy and Andrew Freedman10 Lymphoedema and Wounds, 64Christine Moffatt and Melanie Thomas11 Nutrition, Skin Care and Continence, 71Amy Ferris, Joseph E. Grey, and Girish K. Patel12 Scars, 78Paul Martin and Duncan A. McGrouther13 Dressings and Devices, 85Samantha Holloway, Stuart Enoch, and Joseph E. Grey14 Drugs and Biological Approaches to Wound Healing, 94Gregory Schultz and Girish K. PatelIndex, 102

O autorze

Annie Price, Specialist Registrar in Rehabilitation Medicine, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK.Joseph E. Grey, Consultant Physician, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK.Girish K. Patel, Consultant Dermatologist, Welsh Institute of Dermatology, Cardiff, and Honorary Professor, Cardiff University School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK.Keith G. Harding CBE, Medical Director of the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre, Pontyclun, UK; Honorary Consultant in Wound Healing, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK; Professor of Wound Healing Research, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK; and Senior Clinical Research Director, Skin Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore.