Acute & chronic wounds: current management concepts

Table of Contents: Sect. I: Foundations Principles for practice development Billing, reimbursement, and setting up a clinic Anatomy and physiology of skin and soft tissue Wound-healing physiology Types of skin damage and differential diagnosis Skin and wound inspection and assessment Sect. II: Pressure Ulcers Pressure ulcers: impact, etiology, and classification Developing and maintaining a pressure ulcer prevention program Support surfaces Sect. III: Lower Extremity Wounds Lower extremity assessment Arterial ulcers Venous ulcers Lymphedema Neuropathic wounds: the diabetic wound Foot and nail care Sect. IV: Wound Bed Preparation Wound infection: diagnosis and management Wound debridement Topical management Sect. V: Biophysical and Biologic Agents Skin substitutes and extracellular matrix scaffolds Molecular and cellular regulators Negative pressure wound therapy Hyperbaric oxygenation Electrical stimulation Ultraviolet light and ultrasound Sect. VI: Critical Cofactors Wound pain: impact and assessment Managing wound pain Nutritional assessment and support Perfusion and oxygenation Noncompliance, nonadherence, or barriers to a sustainable plan? Sect. VII: Acute and Tramautic Wounds Intrinsic skin diseases and uncommon cutaneous wounds Traumatic wounds: bullets, blasts, and vehicle crashes Burns Reconstructive surgery Surgical wounds and incision Sect. VIII: Special Patient Populations Skin care needs of the obese patient care Skin care needs of the pediatric and neonatal patient Managing wounds in palliative care Management of draining wounds and fistulas Percutaneous tube management Appendix A: Self-assessment exercises Appendix B: Documentation tools Appendix C: Infrastructure support examples: policies, procedures, protocols, and decision-making tools.

Preceded by Acute & chronic wounds / [edited by] Ruth A. Bryant, Denise P. Nix. c2012.

Section I: Foundations. Principles for practice development to facilitate outcomes and productivity -- Billing, reimbursement, and setting up a clinic -- Anatomy and physiology of skin and soft tissue -- Wound-healing physiology and factors that affect the repair process -- Types of skin damage and differential diagnosis -- Skin and wound inspection and assessment -- Section II: Pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers: impact, etiology, and classification -- Developing and maintaining a pressure ulcer prevention program -- Support surfaces -- Section III: Lower extremity wounds. Lower extremity assessment -- Arterial ulcers -- Venous ulcers -- Lymphedema -- Neuropathic wounds: the diabetic wound -- Foot and nail care -- Section IV: Wound bed preparation. Wound infection: diagnosis and management -- Wound debridement -- Principles of wound healing and topical management -- Section V: Biophysical and biologic agents. Cellular- and/or tissue-based products for wounds -- Molecular and cellular regulators -- Negative pressure wound therapy -- Hyperbaric oxygenation -- Electrical stimulation -- Ultraviolet light and ultrasound -- Section VI: Critical cofactors. Wound pain: impact and assessmen…