Lymphoedema care /
Lymphoedema is managed most successfully when advice and treatment are provided at an early stage of its development. This book provides all the necessary knowledge and the skills required to identify risk factors for the development of the disease and to equip the health care professional in provid...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2007.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- What is lymphoedema?
- Risk factors for the development of secondary lymphoedema
- Educating the patient at risk of lymphoedema
- Identifying secondary lymphoedema
- A framework for the assessment of a patient with lymphoedema
- Care of the skin
- Movement and exercise
- Lymphatic drainage
- The role of compression therapy in the management of lymphoedema
- Additional treatments used in the management of lymphoedema
- Living with lymphoedema
- Complications of lymphoedema.
