Wound Care at a Glance (Paperback, 2 ed)

Preface

Acknowledgements

How to use your textbook

About the companion website

Part 1 Anatomy and physiology

1 The history of wound care

2 Anatomy and physiology of the skin

3 Psychological and social aspects of the skin

4 Body image

5 The skin and ageing

Part 2 The normal healing process: acute wounds

6 Haemostasis

7 Inflammation

8 Proliferation (granulation and epithelialization)

9 Maturation

10 Factors affecting wound healing

Part 3 The abnormal healing process: chronic wound healing

11 The impaired healing process

12 Factors affecting wound healing

13 Nutrition and wound healing

14 Incontinence and wounds

15 Vascular disease

Part 4 Wound management in practice

16 Assessment of skin

17 Assessment of the patient with a wound

18 Classification of wounds

19 Legal and ethical aspects of wound care

20 Documenting wounds and keeping records

21 Evidence-based practice

22 Treatment options

23 Pain management

Part 5 Dressing selection

24 Principles of wound management I

25 Principles of wound management II

26 Managing wound exudate: moist wound healing, hydration and maceration

27 Generic wound products: mode of action

28 Choosing a wound care product

29 Use of topical antimicrobials and antibiotics

30 Application of lotions, creams, emollients and ointmen

31 Advanced technologies

Part 6 Complexities of wound care

32 Pressure redistribution equipment 

33 Pressure ulcer classification and prevention

34 Pressure ulcers

35 Venous leg ulcers

36 Lymphoedema

37 Compression therapy

38 Arterial ulcers

39 Assessing for arterial disease: ankle brachial pressure index and toe brachial pressure index

40 Interpreting ABPIs

41 Diabetic foot ulcers

42 Moisture lesions

43 Surgical wounds

44 Traumatic wounds

45 Burns and scalds

46 Atypical wounds

47 Wounds in different populations

48 Malignant wounds and palliative wound care

Glossary

References and further reading

Index