Leg Ulcer Management

Leg Ulcer Management

Leg Ulcer Management provides a practical and accessible guide for nurses treating patients with leg ulceration. It examines ulcer types and causes of leg ulceration and draws upon international position statements on wound pain, wound bed preparation, wound infection and compression therapy to prov...

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Main Authors: Moffatt, Christine J. (Christine Joy) (Author), Martin, Ruth 1974- (Author), Smithdale, Rachael 1974- (Author)
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. 2007
Series:Essential clinical skills for nurses
Subjects:
Evidence-based medicine > nursing > Great Britain
Patient care team > organization & administration > Great Britain
Leg ulcer > nursing > Great Britain
Delivery of health care, Integrated > organization & administration > Great Britain
Leg ulcer > therapy > Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • A leg ulcer service model
  • A leg ulcer care pathway
  • Assessment of leg ulceration
  • Venous disease
  • Arterial disease
  • Diabetic leg ulceration
  • Other ulcer aetiologies and multi-factorial ulceration
  • Assessing the wound bed and surrounding skin
  • Assessment and management of pain
  • Psychosocial factors in leg ulceration
  • Improving concordance
  • Involving the multi-disciplinary team
  • Management of the wound bed and surrounding skin
  • Bandaging and compression therapy
  • Evaluating outcomes of a leg ulcer service
  • Prevention of recurrence and patient evaluation.

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