ABC of Wound Healing

ABC of Wound Healing, Second Edition

ABC of Wound Healing is a practical, highly illustrated guide to assessment, diagnosis and management of all common types of acute and chronic wounds. This concise yet comprehensive reference covers all essential aspects of wound healing care, including epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, treatment, long-term management, and prevention

This revised second edition contains several new chapters on lymphoedema, nutrition, skin care, continence, and scarring. Updated and expanded chapters cover a wider range of devices and therapies, and discuss additional factors that impact wound healing processes, offering new clinical photographs as a visual guide. Applying a multidisciplinary approach to the provision of wound care, ABC of Wound Healing:

• Covers common wounds including traumatic wounds, surgical wounds, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure injuries, and venous and arterial leg ulcers
• Emphasises the importance of reaching a diagnosis, the fundamental step in managing any wound
• Provides up-to-date information on physical, chemical, biological and emerging therapies for patients with various types of wounds
• Contains hundreds of full-colour illustrations and clinical photographs of wounds and treatments

ABC of Wound Healing, Second Edition, remains a must-have guide for junior doctors, specialist registrars in medicine and surgery, specialist nurses, general practitioners and medical students.

Dr Joseph E Grey, Consultant Physician, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and Honorary Consultant in Wound Healing, Wound Healing Research Unit, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Professor Keith G Harding, Head of Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing Academic Director of Innovation & Engagement, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Dr Girish Patel, Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Chapter 1 Wound assessment J.E. Grey

G.K. Patel

Chapter 2 Traumatic wounds S.L.A. Jeffery

S. Enoch

Chapter 3 Surgical wounds and surgical site infection R. Harries

J. Torkington

D. Leaper

Chapter 4 Burns J.J. Cubitt

W.A. Dickson

Chapter 5 Diabetic foot ulcers M. Edmonson

A. Price

Chapter 6 Venous and arterial leg ulcers J.E. Grey

G.K. Patel

Chapter 7 Pressure injuries J.E. Grey

J. Fletcher

Chapter 8 Uncommon causes of ulceration G.K. Patel

V. Piguet

Chapter 9 Infections B. Healey

A. Freedman

Chapter 10 Lymphoedema and wounds C. Moffatt

M. Thomas

Chapter 11 Nutrition, skin care and continence A. Ferris

J.E. Grey

G.K. Patel

Chapter 12 Scars P. Martin

D.A. McGrouther

Chapter 13 Dressings and Devices S. Holloway

S. Enoch

J.E. Grey

Chapter 14 Drugs and Biological Approaches to Wound Healing G. Schultz

G.K. Patel

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