Clinical Guide to Skin & Wound Care.

Skin &amp -- Wound Care -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Mastering skin and wound care -- Skin care and wound prevention strategies -- Assessing and documenting chronic wounds -- Understanding and managing chronic wounds -- Best practices for managing the effects of lymphedema -- Laboratory values in chronic wound management -- Harnessing technology: EMR checklists for clinical and operational compliance -- PART II Skin and wound care products -- Overview -- Skin care products -- Dressings and devices -- ALGINATES -- ANTIMICROBIALS -- COLLAGENS -- COMPOSITES -- FOAMS -- CONTACT LAYERS -- HYDROCOLLOIDS -- HYDROGELS -- NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY -- SPECIALTY ABSORPTIVES -- SURGICAL SUPPLIES, MISCELLANEOUS -- TRANSPARENT FILMS -- WOUND FILLERS -- OTHER PRODUCTS -- Drugs -- PART III Additional dressings and products -- OVERVIEW -- ABDOMINAL DRESSING HOLDERS OR BINDERS -- COMPRESSION BANDAGE SYSTEMS -- CONFORMING BANDAGES -- ELASTIC BANDAGE ROLLS -- GAUZE, IMPREGNATED WITH OTHER THAN WATER, NORMAL SALINE, OR HYDROGEL, WITHOUT ADHESIVE BORDER -- GAUZE, IMPREGNATED WITH WATER OR NORMAL SALINE, WITHOUT ADHESIVE BORDER -- GAUZE, NONIMPREGNATED, WITH ADHESIVE BORDER -- GAUZE, NONIMPREGNATED, WITHOUT ADHESIVE BORDER -- TAPES -- WOUND CLEANSERS -- Appendices and Index -- Body mass index -- Wagner ulcer grade classifi cation -- Laboratory tests to rule out atypical causes of leg ulcers -- Braden scale -- Clinical pathways integrated with evidence-based decisions -- Diabetic Etiology Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway -- Venous Etiology Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway -- Pressure Ulcer Evidence-Based Treatment Pathway -- Ankle-brachial index use in patients with diabetes -- Manufacturer resource guide -- Selected references -- Index.

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