Overview
- Provides a comprehensive review of management of chronic wounds and reviews the role of infection and biofilms
- Includes experience of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical services
- Discusses the role of translation in delivering research to dermatology clinics
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Front Matter
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About this book
The past decades have yielded reliable evidence-based guidelines and standardized care, but the healing of diabetic foot wounds continues to be unpredictable notwithstanding these advances, while the recurrence rates are also high. The benefits of technology in wound diagnosis are evidence-based and the use of this technology also features in guidelines. However, the same argument cannot be extended to adjuvant devices to facilitate wound closure even though many devices potentially benefit wound healing.
Chronic Wound Management describes how innovation is based on technology that itself informs evidence, the gap between the evidence available, the performance of technology and how do we bridge this gap. It reviews the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic and whether traditional medicine systems offer us real or imaginary benefits. Consequently, this book is an important addition to the literature in the area and an essential read for all healthcare professionals working with these patients.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Raj Mani has substantial experience in research and clinical management of chronic wounds; his early work was focused on perfusion and tissue oxygenation which contributed initially to the diagnosis and subsequently to the management of wounds. This work interfaced first with developments in other centers and then with the Cochrane Wounds Group, which led to the establishment of a sound literature-base to mark the start of evidence based wound management. In recent years, he with international peers drew up guidelines for optimizing the use of technology in wound management. This book will address existing gaps in management and discuss probable causes and offer remedies for such gaps.
Dr Mani has contributed to the advancement of wound management through publications in journals, book chapters and books: Raj also initiated the publication of a journal - the International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds (IJLEW) - of which he was the Editor-in-Chief till 2018. IJLEW whichwas followed by another couple of journals (also from the UK) and books in this field formed a platform from which better clinical management and research from practice developed. This benefited practitioners (Tissue Viability Nurses, Podiatrists, doctors-in-training) as well as Specialists.
Dr Mani worked mostly from the UK though his contributions have been recognized in Asia including China as well as in Europe and USA (through activities of professional societies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chronic Wound Management
Book Subtitle: The Significance of Evidence and Technology
Editors: Raj Mani
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26110-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26109-1Published: 28 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26112-1Due: 29 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26110-7Published: 27 April 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 313
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 54 illustrations in colour
Topics: Dermatology