Publisher's Synopsis
This highly reputable source of up-to-date monographs has become a standard text for those seeking to keep in touch with key areas of clinical and scientific research. The current volume, edited by Keith Cutting, maintains the established standard. It contains an eclectic miscellany of chapters, each based upon published (and so, peer-reviewed) articles from journals in the MA Healthcare collection. Where important new information has been published, chapters have been updated accordingly; thus, this volume is of 2009 vintage.
The editor has included something for those with a practical focus as well as new science and theoretical debate. Such disparate topics as wound survey/audit, topical negative pressure, bacterial profiling and biofilms, wound pH, scar assessment, fibroblast senescence, the role of nitric oxide, and theories on wound contraction are covered.
This book provides an excellent baseline for all wishing to update their knowledge on clinical evidence in this exciting field. Chapters on wound microbiology and biofilms similarly reflect what is, in my opinion, the most fascinating area of chronic wound pathophysiology. These chapters illustrate just how far our understanding has come in the past decade, and just how important it is for clinicians to be aware of the latest developments in wound microbiology and infection if they are to provide ‘best practice’ care.
