The care of wounds : a guide for nurses / / Carol Dealey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910145590003321
• Autore: Dealey Carol
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Malden, Mass. : , : Blackwell, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-281-31928-7; 9786611319281; 0-470-77494-0; 0-470-77753-2
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 617.1
• Soggetti: Wounds and injuries - Nursing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Physiology of Wound Healing; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Definitions associated with wounds; 1.3 The structure of the skin; 1.3.1 Dermis; 1.3.2 Epidermis; 1.4 Wound healing; 1.4.1 Inflammation; 1.4.2 Reconstruction; 1.4.3 Epithelialisation; 1.4.4 Maturation; 1.5 Impaired wound healing; 1.5.1 Hypertrophic scars; 1.5.2 Keloids; 1.5.3 Contractures; 1.5.4 Acute to chronic wounds; 1.6 Conclusion; Chapter 2 The Management of Patients with Wounds; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Physical care; 2.2.1 Nutrition; 2.2.2 Infection; 2.2.3 Smoking; 2.2.4 Diabetes mellitus; 2.2.5 They physical effects of stress 2.2.6 Pain; 2.2.7 Sleeping; 2.2.8 Hypothermia; 2.2.9 Steroids; 2.2.10 Radiotherapy; 2.3 Psychological care; 2.3.1 Anxiety; 2.3.2 Motivation and education; 2.3.3 Body image; 2.3.4 Other psychological problems; 2.4 Spiritual care; Chapter 3 General Principles of Wound Management; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Wound assessment; 3.2.1 Wound classification; 3.2.2 The position of the wound; 3.2.3 The environment of care; 3.2.4 M = measure; 3.2.5 E = exudate; 3.2.6 A = appearance; 3.2.7 S = suffering; 3.2.8 U = undermining; 3.2.9 R = re-evaluate; 3.2.10 E = edge; 3.3 Managing wounds 3.3.1 Moist wound healing; 3.3.2 Wound bed preparation; 3.3.3 Pain management; 3.4 Documentation; 3.5 Evaluating the dressing; Chapter 4 Wound Management Products; 4.1 ; Introduction; 4.2 The development of dressings through the ages; 4.2.1 Early days; 4.2.2 The Dark Ages and early Middle Ages; 4.2.3 Late Middle Ages and Renaissance; 4.2.4 The seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; 4.2.5 Mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century developments; 4.2.6 The British Pharmaceutical Codices; 4.3 Traditional techniques; 4.4 The use of lotions; 4.4.1 Antiseptics; 4.4.2 Antibiotics 4.4.3 Honey; 4.4.4 Saline 0.9%; 4.4.5 Tap water; 4.5 Clinical effectiveness of wound management products; 4.5.1 Providing an effective environment; 4.5.2 The handling qualities of an effective wound management product; 4.6 Modern wound management products; 4.7 Advanced technologies; 4.7.1 Growth factors; 4.7.2 Protease-modulating wound management products; 4.7.3 Hyaluronan-based products; 4.7.4 Hyperbaric oxygen; 4.7.5 Topical negative pressure; 4.7.6 Tissue culture; 4.7.7 Tissue engineering; 4.8 Alternative therapies and wound management; Chapter 5 The Management of Patients with Chronic Wounds 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The prevention and management of pressure ulcers; 5.2.1 The cost of pressure ulcers; 5.2.2 The aetiology of pressure ulcers; 5.2.3 Prevention of pressure ulcers; 5.2.4 Management of pressure ulcers; 5.3 The management of leg ulcers; 5.3.1 The epidemiology of leg ulcers; 5.3.2 The cost of leg ulcers; 5.3.3 The causes of leg ulcers; 5.3.4 Venous ulceration; 5.3.5 Arterial ulcers; 5.3.6 Ulcers of mixed aetiology; 5.3.7 Malignant leg ulcers; 5.3.8 Leg ulceration in rheumatoid arthritis; 5.4 Diabetic foot ulcers; 5.4.1 Aetiology
• Sommario/riassunto: Care of Wounds addresses all aspects of holistic wound care management. The third edition of this successful text continues to reflect current research and evidence based practice, while incorporating the considerable developments which have occurred in wound care practice since the publication of the second edition.The third edition includes new chapters on evidence-based wound care and the organisation of wound management, together with new material on nurse prescribing and the management of wounds in the community; the development of nurse-led ulcer clinics and specialist wound