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Wound Care

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Long-Term Care Medicine

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The growing medical and psychosocial implications of wound care reflect the increasing complexities facing practitioners in long-term care (LTC). Wounds are classified as a medical problem, a geriatric syndrome, or part of a larger systems-based problem. Understanding wound formation and healing is critical to preventing and treating wounds. Treatment plans for wound care need to address not only the wound itself, but also complexities ranging from comorbidities and medications that may hinder healing or predispose patients to wounds. The psychosocial and ethical principles of caring for patients who may no longer be able to participate in their own care also play critical roles in treatment success or failure. Although wounds may have more than one etiology, the four common types of wounds will be discussed: pressure, diabetic, ischemic or arterial, and venous. Pressure ulcers will be emphasized due to their implications in the LTC environment.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Wound Care, Abington Memorial Hospital, 1200 Old York Rd, Elkins Building Suite 2B, Abington, PA, 19001, USA

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Rosenzweig, A., Lee, M. (2011). Wound Care. In: Fenstemacher, P., Winn, P. (eds) Long-Term Care Medicine. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-142-4_10

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