"Wounds are common and their treatment is a costly aspect of clinical practice. Wounds have a diverse aetiology, aside from trauma and burns, and include underlying medical conditions such as diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease, ischaemic heart disease and connective tissue diseases"--
ABC of Wound Healing 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.
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| Foreword |
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| 1 Wound Assessment |
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| 2 Traumatic Wounds |
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| 3 Surgical Wounds and Surgical Site Infection |
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| 4 Burns |
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| 5 Diabetic Foot Ulcers |
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| 6 Venous and Arterial Leg Ulcers |
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| 7 Pressure Injuries |
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| 8 Uncommon Causes of Ulceration |
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| 9 Infections |
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| 10 Lymphoedema and Wounds |
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| 11 Nutrition, Skin Care and Continence |
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| 12 Scars |
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| 13 Dressings and Devices |
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| 14 Drugs and Biological Approaches to Wound Healing |
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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.
