Management of Complex Wounds, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

ISBN-13: 9781455745500 Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences Publication date: 06/08/2012 Series: The Clinics: Nursing , #24 Pages: 354 Product dimensions: 9.10(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.70(d) 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.