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Management of Complex Wounds, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics - E-Book
(2012)
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Abstract
This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Janet Foster, PhD, RN, CNS, will focus on Wound Care, with article topics including: Wound management; wound debridement; acute wounds; nutrition and wound healing; biology of acute wound failure; psychological stress and wound healing; chronic wound management in the elderly; and adjuncts to preparing wounds for closure: growth factors, skin substitutes, negative pressure therapy and hyperbaric oxygen.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Management of Complex\rWounds | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Table of Contents | v | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Preface | ix | ||
| Chapter 1. Wound Healing Primer | 165 | ||
| PHASES OF WOUND HEALING | 165 | ||
| HEMOSTASIS PHASE | 166 | ||
| INFLAMMATORY PHASE | 166 | ||
| PROLIFERATIVE PHASE | 168 | ||
| REMODELING PHASE | 170 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF WOUND HEALING | 171 | ||
| DEFINITION OF WOUNDS | 172 | ||
| GUIDELINES FOR THE HEALING OF ACUTE WOUNDS | 172 | ||
| NORMAL AND PATHOLOGIC RESPONSES TO WOUND HEALING | 174 | ||
| SUMMARY | 175 | ||
| REFERENCES | 175 | ||
| Chapter 2. Nutrition and Wound Healing | 179 | ||
| NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN WOUND REPAIR | 180 | ||
| OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING WOUND HEALING | 191 | ||
| SUMMARY | 193 | ||
| REFERENCES | 193 | ||
| Chapter 3. The Impact of Psychological Stress on Wound Healing: Methods and Mechanisms | 201 | ||
| OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES | 202 | ||
| EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES | 202 | ||
| INTERVENTION STUDIES | 205 | ||
| BIOLOGY OF WOUND HEALING | 206 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGIC PATHWAYS OF THE STRESS-INDUCED WOUND-HEALING IMPAIRMENT | 207 | ||
| BEHAVIORAL MECHANISMS LINKING STRESS AND WOUND HEALING | 210 | ||
| SUMMARY | 210 | ||
| REFERENCES | 210 | ||
| Chapter 4. Wound Management | 215 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGY | 216 | ||
| CLINICAL EVALUATION | 216 | ||
| THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION | 218 | ||
| ANTIBIOTICS IN WOUND CARE | 230 | ||
| COSMESIS | 231 | ||
| AFTERCARE INSTRUCTIONS | 232 | ||
| FUTURE OF WOUND CARE | 232 | ||
| SUMMARY | 233 | ||
| REFERENCES | 234 | ||
| Chapter 5. Wound Debridement: Therapeutic Options and Care Considerations | 239 | ||
| BENEFITS OF WOUND DEBRIDEMENT | 239 | ||
| THE PROCESS OF WOUND HEALING: BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS | 241 | ||
| SPECIAL ROLE OF WOUND BED DEBRIDEMENT | 241 | ||
| EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND WOUND DEBRIDEMENT | 242 | ||
| METHODS OF WOUND DEBRIDEMENT | 243 | ||
| SUMMARY | 250 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 250 | ||
| REFERENCES | 251 | ||
| Chapter 6. Wound Healing Agents | 255 | ||
| STAGES OF WOUND HEALING | 256 | ||
| IMPEDIMENTS TO WOUND HEALING | 256 | ||
| WOUND HEALING AGENTS | 257 | ||
| SUMMARY | 260 | ||
| REFERENCES | 260 | ||
| Chapter 7. Management of Forearm Compartment Syndrome | 261 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | 262 | ||
| ANATOMY | 263 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 265 | ||
| NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT | 267 | ||
| SURGICAL TECHNIQUES | 267 | ||
| OUTCOMES | 269 | ||
| VOLKMANN’S ISCHEMIC CONTRACTURE | 270 | ||
| CHRONIC COMPARTMENT SYNDROME | 271 | ||
| SUMMARY | 272 | ||
| REFERENCES | 272 | ||
| Chapter 8. Intra-Abdominal Hypertension: Evolving Concepts | 275 | ||
| DEFINITIONS | 277 | ||
| RECOGNITION OF ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME | 277 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 278 | ||
| PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS | 282 | ||
| IMPORTANCE OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE IN OTHER CLINICAL CONDITIONS | 287 | ||
| INTRODUCING A NEW CONCEPT: THE POLYCOMPARTMENT SYNDROME | 289 | ||
| FLUID RESUSCITATION, MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE, AND POLYCOMPARTMENT SYNDROME | 289 | ||
| INTRODUCING ANOTHER NEW CONCEPT: ACUTE BOWEL INJURY AND ACUTE INTESTINAL DISTRESS SYNDROME | 293 | ||
| HOW DO WE DEFINE ACUTE BOWEL INJURY AND ACUTE INTESTINAL DISTRESS SYNDROME? | 294 | ||
| CLINICAL MANAGEMENT | 295 | ||
| SUMMARY | 299 | ||
| REFERENCES | 299 | ||
| Chapter 9. Reconstruction of the Foot After Leg or Foot Compartment Syndrome | 311 | ||
| PREVENTION | 312 | ||
| DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS IN THE ACUTE PHASE OF CARE | 314 | ||
| LATE TECHNIQUES | 314 | ||
| SUMMARY | 320 | ||
| REFERENCES | 320 | ||
| Chapter 10. Postoperative Infections: Prevention and Management | 323 | ||
| PREOPERATIVE MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS | 324 | ||
| MALNUTRITION | 324 | ||
| SMOKING | 324 | ||
| MRSA CARRIER | 325 | ||
| DIABETES | 325 | ||
| HIV | 326 | ||
| RA | 326 | ||
| MASTECTOMY | 327 | ||
| PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS | 327 | ||
| INTRAOPERATIVE MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS | 328 | ||
| PREOPERATIVE SKIN PREPARATION | 328 | ||
| PREOPERATIVE HAIR REMOVAL | 330 | ||
| WOUND IRRIGATION | 330 | ||
| DRAINS | 331 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF SSIs | 331 | ||
| WOUND VAC | 332 | ||
| SEPTIC ARTHRITIS | 333 | ||
| OSTEOMYELITIS | 334 | ||
| NECROTIZING FASCIITIS | 336 | ||
| SUMMARY | 337 | ||
| REFERENCES | 337 | ||
| Index | 345 |