Description
Book SynopsisThoroughly revised, updated, and significantly expanded, this fourth edition incorporates all of the many scientific and technological advances that are changing the scope of practice in this multidisciplinary field. Joseph McCulloch and Luther Kloth present a comprehensive text that is evidence based, clinically focused and practical.
Table of Contents
- I. The Wound Healing Environment
- Integumentary Anatomy: Skin: The Largest Organ
- The Wound Healing Process
- Growth Factors and the Extracellular Matrix in Wound Repair
- Nutritional Support in Wound Healing
- Complications in Repair
- II. Assessing the Patient
- The General Evaluation
- Assessing the Circulatory and Neurological Systems
- Assessing and Controlling Bioburden
- The Role of Imaging in Wound Care
- Identification and Management of Atypical Wounds
- III. General Management Principles in Patients with Wounds
- Wound Bed Preparation/Debridement
- Dressings and Skin Substitutes
- Topical Agents
- IV. Etiological Considerations in Wound Management
- Diabetic Foot Ulcerations
- Diabetes and Wound Care
- Venous Insufficiency and Ulceration
- Conservative Management of Arterial Ulceration
- Lymphedema Complicating Healing
- Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
- Acute Burn Management
- Rehabilitation of the Burned Individual
- Managing Wound-Related Pain
- Surgical Considerations in Wound Care
- Surgical Management of the Neuropathic Foot
- Neonatal and Pediatric Issues in Wound Care
- V. Biophysical Technologies for Wound Healing
- Endogenous and Exogenous Electric Field Stimulation
- Pulsed Electromagnetic Field and Radio Frequency Stimulation for Bone and Wound Repair
- Ultrasound For Wound Bed Preparation and Healing
- Light Therapies
- Compression Therapy
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- Oxygen Therapy: Management of the Hypoxic Wound
- Practice Management
- Documentation for Reimbursement
- Developing a Clinical Wound Care Program
- Legal Concepts and Their Impact on Healthcare Providers
Appendices
- Glossary
- Review Questions
