ABC of Wound Healing (eBook)

Annie Price, Specialist Registrar in Rehabilitation Medicine, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK. Joseph E. Grey, Consultant Physician, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK. Girish K. Patel, Consultant Dermatologist, Welsh Institute of Dermatology, Cardiff, and Honorary Professor, Cardiff University School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK. Keith G. Harding CBE, Medical Director of the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre, Pontyclun, UK; Honorary Consultant in Wound Healing, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK; Professor of Wound Healing Research, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK; and Senior Clinical Research Director, Skin Research Institute of Singapore, Singapore.

List of Contributors, vi

Foreword, viii

1 Wound Assessment, 1
Joseph E. Grey and Girish K. Patel

2 Traumatic Wounds, 9
Steven L.A. Jeffery and Stuart Enoch

3 Surgical Wounds and Surgical Site Infection, 14
Rhiannon L. Harries, Jared Torkington, and David Leaper

4 Burns, 20
Jonathan J. Cubitt and William A. Dickson

5 Diabetic Foot Ulcers, 26
Michael E. Edmonds and Annie Price

6 Venous and Arterial Leg Ulcers, 34
Joseph E. Grey and Girish K. Patel

7 Pressure Injuries, 41
Joseph E. Grey and Jacqui Fletcher

8 Uncommon Causes of Ulceration, 49
Girish K. Patel and Vincent Piguet

9 Infections, 56
Brendan Healy and Andrew Freedman

10 Lymphoedema and Wounds, 64
Christine Moffatt and Melanie Thomas

11 Nutrition, Skin Care and Continence, 71
Amy Ferris, Joseph E. Grey, and Girish K. Patel

12 Scars, 78
Paul Martin and Duncan A. McGrouther

13 Dressings and Devices, 85
Samantha Holloway, Stuart Enoch, and Joseph E. Grey

14 Drugs and Biological Approaches to Wound Healing, 94
Gregory Schultz and Girish K. Patel

Index, 102