Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

vii

 

Acknowledgments

x

PART I

MASTERING SKIN AND WOUND CARE

1

1

Skin care and wound prevention strategies

2

2

Assessing and documenting chronic wounds

15

3

Understanding and managing chronic wounds

38

 

Color illustrations and following page

54

4

Best practices for managing the effects of lymphedema

83

5

Laboratory values in chronic wound management

109

6

Harnessing technology: EMR checklists for clinical and operational compliance

119

PART II

SKIN AND WOUND CARE PRODUCTS

137

 

Overview

739

 

Skin care products

140

 

Dressings and devices

148

 

Alginates

150

 

Antimicrobials

168

 

Collagens

245

 

Composites

258

 

Contact layers

276

 

Foams

293

 

Hydrocolloids

364

 

Hydrogels

405

 

Negative pressure wound therapy

454

 

Specialty absorptives

488

 

Surgical supplies, miscellaneous

499

 

Transparent films

502

 

Wound fillers

512

 

Other products

518

 

Drugs

556

PART III

ADDITIONAL DRESSINGS AND PRODUCTS

561

 

Overview

563

 

Abdominal dressing holders or binders

563

 

Compression bandage systems

564

 

Conforming bandages

566

 

Elastic bandage rolls

567

 

Gauze, impregnated with other than water, normal saline, or hydrogel, without adhesive border

568

 

Gauze, impregnated with water or normal saline, without adhesive border

569

 

Gauze, nonimpregnated, with adhesive border

569

 

Gauze, nonimpregnated, without adhesive border

570

 

Tapes

571

 

Wound cleansers

572

 

APPENDICES AND INDEX

575

A

Body mass index

576

B

Wagner ulcer grade classification

578

C

Laboratory tests to rule out atypical causes of leg ulcers

579

D

Braden scale

580

E

Clinical pathways integrated with evidence-based decisions

582

 

Diabetic etiology evidence-based treatment pathway

584

 

Venous etiology evidence-based treatment pathway

586

 

Pressure ulcer evidence-based treatment pathway

588

F

Ankle-brachial index use in patients with diabetes

590

 

Manufacturer resource guide

592

 

Selected references

593

 

Index

596