Wound healing and ulcers of the skin : diagnosis and therapy : the practical approach /

Wound healing and ulcers of the skin : diagnosis and therapy : the practical approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Shai, Avi.
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2005.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 270 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Subject:
Skin -- Ulcers -- Treatment.
Skin -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
Wound healing.
Wound Healing.
Skin Ulcer -- therapy.
Wounds and Injuries -- therapy.
Dermatology.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Geriatrics.
Internal medicine.
Surgery.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8876557
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Other authors / contributors:Maibach, Howard I.
ISBN:9783540267614
3540267611
3540212752
9783540212751
6610262446 (electronic bk.)
9786610262441 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:Instructs the reader how to diagnose and treat wounds and cutaneous ulcers. This clinical guidebook introduces an algorithmic approach for the identification of ulcer etiology, together with step-by-step flow charts for therapy. It offers helpful support to the physicians who treat acute and chronic cutaneous wounds.
Other form:Print version: Shai, Avi. Wound healing and ulcers of the skin. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2005 3540212752 9783540212751
Table of Contents:
  • Basic definitions and introduction
  • Natural course of wound repair versus impaired healing in chronic skin ulcers
  • Milestones in the history of wound healing
  • Etiology and mechanisms of cutaneous ulcer formation
  • Determining etiology: history and physical examination
  • Determining etiology: biopsy and laboratory investigation
  • Ulcer measurement and patient assessment
  • Dressing materials
  • Debridement
  • Antibiotics, antiseptics, and cutaneous ulcers
  • Topical antibacterial agents
  • Skin grafting
  • Skin substitutes and tissue-engineered skin equivalents
  • Human skin equivalents: when and how to use
  • Growth factors
  • Drugs, wound healing and cutaneous ulcers
  • Alternative topical preparations
  • Additional topical preparations
  • Nutrition and cutaneous ulcers
  • Therapeutic approach to cutaneous ulcers according to appearance
  • Appendix: Guidelines for patients and medical staff.

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