Wound Healing and Wound Management: A Guide for Private Practice

ISBN-13: 9783540583219 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 157 str.

W. Westerhof

Spis treści

1 Physiology of Wound Healing.- 1.1 Exsudative Phase.- 1.2 Proliferative Phase.- 1.3 Reparative Phase.- 1.4 Epithelial Maturation.- 2 Impaired Wound Healing.- 2.1 Local Factors Contributing to Impaired Wound Healing.- 2.2 Systemic Conditions Affecting Wound Repair.- 2.2.1 Protein Deficiency.- 2.2.2 Vitamin Deficiency.- 2.2.3 Hyperbilirubinemia.- 2.2.4 Factor XIII.- 2.2.5 Drugs Affecting Wound Repair.- 2.2.6 Further Wound Healing Risk Factors.- 3 Chronic Wounds.- 3.1 Pressure Sores.- 3.1.1 Pathogenesis.- 3.1.2 Therapy.- 3.2 Chronic Leg Ulcer.- 3.2.1 Differential Diagnosis.- 3.2.2 Chronic Venous Insufficiency.- 3.2.3 Clinical Features and Pathogenesis of Ulcus Cruris Venosum.- 3.2.4 Diagnosis.- 3.2.5 Compression Treatment.- 3.2.6 Drug Therapy.- 3.2.7 Surgical Intervention.- 3.3 Ischemic Ulcers of the Lower Extremities.- 3.3.1 Pathogenesis and Clinical Features.- 3.3.2 Diagnosis.- 3.3.3 Drug Therapy.- 3.3.4 Surgical Therapy.- 3.4 Chemical Burns.- 3.5 Burns.- 3.5.1 Theory.- 3.5.2 Systemic Effects of Severe Burn Injury.- 3.5.3 Therapy.- 3.6 Anorectal Abscesses and Anal Fistulas.- 3.6.1 Anorectal Abscesses.- 3.6.2 Anal Fistulas.- 3.7 Diabetic Leg Ulcer.- 3.7.1 Pathogenesis.- 3.7.2 Diagnosis.- 3.7.3 Therapy.- 3.7.4 Rehabilitation.- 3.7.5 Prevention.- 3.7.6 Organization.- 4 Experimental Models in Wound Healing.- 4.1 Cell Culture.- 4.2 Epidermal Wound Models.- 4.3 Wound Granulation Models.- 4.4 Models of Chronic Wounds.- 4.5 Methods to Examine the Progress of Wound Healing.- 5 Topical Therapy of Chronic Wounds.- 5.1 Surgical Débridement.- 5.2 Physical Wound Cleansing.- 5.3 Enzymatic Débridement.- 5.3.1 Streptokinase.- 5.3.2 Streptodornase.- 5.3.3 Deoxyribonuclease.- 5.3.4 Fibrinolysin.- 5.3.5 Trypsin.- 5.3.6 Collagenases.- 5.4 Topical Antimicrobial Treatment.- 5.4.1 Definition of Infected Wound.- 5.4.2 Spectrum of Pathogenic Micro-organisms.- 5.4.3 Antiseptics.- 5.4.4 Antibiotics.- 5.5 Topical Preparations Enhancing Wound Healing.- 5.5.1 Electrolyte Solutions.- 5.5.2 Pantothenyl Alcohol.- 5.5.3 Tetrachlorodecaoxide.- 5.5.4 Calcium.- 5.5.5 Phenytoin.- 5.5.6 Zinc.- 5.5.7 Silver Nitrate.- 5.5.8 Silver Sulfadiazine.- 5.5.9 Aluminum.- 5.5.10 Calf Hemodialysate.- 5.5.11 Chamomile.- 5.5.12 Chlorophyll.- 5.5.13 Refined Mineral Oil.- 5.5.14 Sugar.- 5.5.15 Dextranomer.- 5.5.16 Cadexomer.- 5.5.17 Heparin.- 5.5.18 Hirudin.- 5.5.19 Hydrogen Peroxide.- 5.5.20 Potassium Permanganate.- 5.5.21 Ketanserin.- 5.5.22 Inosine.- 5.5.23 Allantoin.- 5.5.24 Vitamin A.- 6 Wound Dressings.- 6.1 Semipermeable Dressings.- 6.2 Hydrogel Dressings.- 6.3 Hydrocolloid Dressings.- 7 Growth Factors — A Future Prospect?.