
Pressure Injuries & Chronic Wounds, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
- 1st Edition, Volume 40-3 - July 4, 2024
- Editor: Jeffrey M. Levine
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 5 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 5 1 - 7
In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editor Jeffery M. Levine brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Pressure Injuries and Chronic Wounds. Top experts c… Read more

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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editor Jeffery M. Levine brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Pressure Injuries and Chronic Wounds. Top experts cover topics such as The Challenge of Chronic Wounds in Older Adults; Wound Bed Preparation and Treatment Modalities; Pressure Injuries and Skin Failure; Arterial Leg Ulcers in the Octogenarian; and more.
- Contains over 10 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Venous Leg Ulcers; Diabetic Foot Ulcers; Surgical Aspects of Wound Care; The Chronic Wound-Related Pain Model; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on Pressure Injuries and Chronic Wounds, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- The Challenge of Chronic Wounds in Older Adults
- Key points
- Introduction
- Aging skin
- Chronic wounds
- Wound assessment
- Medical-legal implications of wound care, and incorporation of the 4 M's
- Clinics care points
- Wound Bed Preparation and Treatment Modalities
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Phases of wound healing
- Wound bed preparation
- Types of debridement
- Manage infection and inflammation
- Manage moisture and edges
- Wound dressing types
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Pressure Injuries and Skin Failure
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Arterial Leg Ulcers in the Octogenarian
- Key points
- The problem with geriatric arterial leg ulcers
- Noninterventional options
- Arterial revascularization options and outcomes
- The impact of Functional Status
- Algorithm for care
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Venous Leg Ulcers: The Need to Incorporate Age-Friendly 4M’s in Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- 4 M’s in the care of venous leg ulcers
- Diagnosis
- Vascular assessment
- Management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Geriatric Patients
- Key points
- Introduction
- Acute and chronic wounds
- Epidemiology of diabetic foot ulcers
- Diabetic foot ulceration in types 1 and 2 diabetes
- Pathophysiology of diabetic foot ulcers
- A preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic plan for healing
- Patient assessment
- Psychosocial and quality of life considerations
- The future
- Diabetic foot ulcer prevention and treatment resources
- Clinics care points
- Other Wounds Encountered in Clinical Practice
- Key points
- Overview
- Pyoderma gangrenosum
- Sickle cell disease ulcerations
- Vasculitic wounds
- Martorell hypertensive ischemic leg ulcer
- Malignant ulcers
- Case of advanced squamous cell cancer of the calvaria after radiation
- Clinics care points
- Surgical Aspects of Wound Care in Older Adults
- Key points
- Background: the burden of wounds in older adults
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Infectious Aspects of Chronic Wounds
- Key points
- Special considerations for geriatric patients with chronic wounds
- Structural and functional changes in aged skin that increase the risk of infection
- Metabolic conditions
- Diagnostic challenge of infection
- Bioburden and biofilm
- The infectious continuum: contamination, cellulitis, and sepsis
- Cutaneous candidiasis
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Osteomyelitis
- Infections involving hardware
- Clinics care points: infectious aspects of chronic wounds
- Nutritional Aspects of Wound Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- The Chronic Wound–Related Pain Model: Holistic Assessment and Person-Centered Treatment
- Key points
- Introduction
- The multidimensions of chronic wound–related pain
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 40-3
- Published: July 4, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443246500
- eBook ISBN: 9780443246517
JL
Jeffrey M. Levine
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Clinical Professor of Geriatric Medicine & Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai