Wound Care Essentials Practice Principles
Wound Care Essentials Practice Principles by Sharon Baranoski is a comprehensive handbook published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in 2008. This second edition, consisting of 479 pages, addresses various aspects of wound care, including quality of life issues, legal and regulatory considerations, and skin integrity. It provides detailed information on wound healing, assessment, and treatment options for a range of wounds, from simple to complex cases, including those related to sickle cell disease.
Readers will find a thorough exploration of essential topics such as nutrition and pain management in wound care. The book emphasizes the care of pressure ulcers, vascular ulcers, and diabetic foot ulcers, while also covering less common wounds resulting from conditions like malignant ulcers and vasculitis. Additionally, it identifies the specific wound care needs of special populations, including patients in intensive care units, those with spinal cord injuries, and individuals living with HIV-AIDS, offering relevant treatment options for each group.
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Created by a team of interdisciplinary professionals, Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, 2e, is a comprehensive yet concise handbook which discusses all aspects of wound care from quality of life issues to legal and regulatory aspects to skin integrity. It describes wound healing, wound assessment, and treatment options available for all wounds from the simple to the complex, including sickle cell wounds. This essential resource stresses the importance of nutrition and pain management. The reader will understand the most important aspects of caring for pressure ulcers, vascular ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, as well as the unusual wounds that result from malignant ulcers, vasculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and calciphylaxis. The wound care needs of special population groups such as intensive care unit patients, spinal cord injury patients, and HIV-AIDS patients are identified and treatment options provided.
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