This issue on Wound Care provides an update on the wound process and healing. It also discusses the impact of microorganisms on chronic pressure ulcers and leg ulcers and the need for antibiotic therapy. Providing quality wound care is important to the treating nurse, and it requires matching the appropriate dressing to the wound, another area which is covered in this issue.
1. Overview: Acute and Chronic Wounds (Whitney) 2. Microbiology of Wounds (Ebright) 3. Dressings: Review and Update (Doughty) 4. Wound Debridement: Issues, Methods, and Considerations (Beitz) 5. Support Surfaces (Mackey) 6. The Older Adult and Wound Issues (Stotts) 7. The End of Life, Wounds, and Wound Care (Schim) 8. The Patient with Cancer and Wound Issues (Gerlach) 9. The Challenges of Obesity and Skin Integrity (Gallagher) 10. The Spinal Cord Injured and Wounds (Caliri) 11. Pressure Ulcers: Review and Update (Maklebust) 12. Substance Abuse and Wounds (Pieper) 13. Lower Extremity Arterial and Venous Ulcers (Sieggreen)
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