Table of Contents

 

 

 

I

WOUND CARE CONCEPTS

 

1

Quality of Life and Ethical Issues   Mona Mylene Baharestani

2

2

Regulation and Wound Care   Dan R. Berlowitz, Denise Israel-Richardson, and Courtney H. Lyder

21

3

Legal Aspects of Wound Care   Steven P. Knowlton and Gregory Brown

37

4

Skin: An Essential Organ   Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello, Marjana Tomiccanic, and Jeffrey M. Levine

57

5

Acute and Chronic Wound Healing   Samantha Holloway, Keith Harding, Joyce K. Stechmiller, and Gregory Schultz

83

6

Wound Assessment   Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello, and Diane K. Langemo

101

7

Wound Bioburden and Infection   Sue E. Gardner and Rita A. Frantz

126

8

Wound Debridement   Elizabeth A. Ayello, Sharon Baranoski, R. Gary Sibbald, and Janet E. Cuddigan

157

9

Wound Treatment Options   Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello, Andrea Mcintosh, Linda Montoya, and Pamela Scarborough

181

10

Nutrition and Wound Care   Mary Ellen Posthauer and David R. Thomas

240

11

Pressure Redistribution: Seating, Positioning, and Support Surfaces   David M. Brienza, Mary Jo Geyer, Stephen Sprigle, and Karen Zulkowski

265

12

Pain Management and Wounds   Linda E. Dallam, Christine Barkauskas, Elizabeth A. Ayello, Sharon Baranoski, and R. Gary Sibbald

295

II

WOUND CLASSIFICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

 

13

Pressure Ulcers   Elizabeth A. Ayello, Sharon Baranoski, Courtney H. Lyder, Janet E. Cuddigan, and Wendy S. Harris

324

14

Venous Disease and Lymphedema Management

360

 

Venous Disease   Mary Y. Sieggreen and Ronald A. Kline

360

 

Lymphedema   Carolyn E. Fife, Mary Y. Sieggreen, and Ronald A. Kline

379

15

Arterial Ulcers   Mary Y. Sieggreen, Ronald A. Kline, R. Gary Sibbald, and Gregory Ralph Weir

398

16

Diabetic Foot Ulcers   Lawrence A. Lavery, James B. Mcguire, Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello, and Steven R. Kravitz

420

17

Sickle Cell Ulcers   Terry Treadwell

447

18

Surgical Reconstruction of Wounds   Joyce M. Black and Steven B. Black

460

19

Tube, Drain, and Fistula Management   Paula Erwin-Toth and Linda J. Stricker

477

20

Atypical Wounds   David Weinstein, Tami De Araujo, and Robert S. Kirsner

491

21

Wounds in Special Populations

511

 

Intensive Care Population   Janet E. Cuddigan

512

 

Spinal Cord Injury Population   Susan L. Garber

520

 

HIV/AIDS Population   Carl A. Kirton

532

 

Bariatric Population   Janet E, Cuddigan and Sharon Baranoski

542

22

Pressure Ulcers in Neonatal and Pediatric Populations   Mona Mylene Baharestani

552

23

Palliative Wound Care   Diane K. Langemo

564

24

Wound Care Perspectives: Present and Future   Elizabeth A. Ayello and Sharon Baranoski

583

 

Index

587