Pressure sores : clinical practice and scientific approach

Foreword R.B.Duthie - PART 1 CLINICAL ASPECTS OF PRESSURE SORES - The Importance of Pressure Sores in Total Health Care J.Robertson, I.Swain & I.Gaywood - Pathogenesis of Pressure Sores J.T.Scales - Pressure Sores: Clinical Aspects of their Cost, Causation and Prevention B.Livesey - The Economics of Pressure Sore Prevention P.Hibbs - Current Management for the Prevention of Pressure Sores R.A.Crow & M.Clark - PART 2 EXPERIENCES IN VARIOUS CLINICAL DISCIPLINES - Orthopaedics C.Bulstrode - Geriatric Medicine M.Bliss - The Severely Disabled G.Cochrane - Spinal Injury J.R.Silver - Reconstructive Surgery C.Khoo & B.Bailey - PART 3 SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF PRESSURE SORES - Cellular Responses to Tissue Distortion T.J.Ryan - Microvascular Mechanisms in Stasis and Ischaemia C.C.Michel & H.Gillott - The Metabolic Basis of Wound Healing A.W.Goode - Biomechanics of Tissue Distortion and Stiffness by Magnetic Resonance Imaging S.Reger, T.M.F.McGovern & Kao Chi Chung - The Effects of Compressive Loading Regimens on Tissue Viability D.L.Bader - Effects of Mechanical Stresses on Lymph and Interstitial Fluid Flows N.P.Reddy - PART 4 TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT MONITORING - Ischial Pressure Distortion Under The Seated Person D.L.Bader & M.B.Hawken - Pressure Management and the Recumbent Person T.A.Krouskop, S.L.Garber & P.Noble - Movement Studies During Sleep J.C.Barbenel - Remote Monitoring of Wheelchair Sitting Behaviour M.W.Ferguson-Pell et al - Index