Vascular Disease

Caring for patients with vascular disease has always been a challenging and complex area of care for both nurses and other healthcare professionals. In the past, patients with vascular disease were cared for under the umbrella of ?general surgery?. There is now a clearer understanding of the need to provide specialist nursing to meet the needs of vascular patients. This book addresses all aspects of care and management for different vascular conditions and stages of the disease process that the nurse will encounter. Guidance is given in dealing with some of the very challenging aspects of vascular nursing such as pressure sore prevention, pain and wound management, as well as palliative care provision for patients with end stage vascular disease. It will help nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in caring for vascular patients to update and expand their knowledge of developments in conservative, radiological and surgical aspects of care. Shelagh Murray has drawn together the work of specialists who are experts within their field of practice, and the book covers all aspects of vascular nursing. Contents:

List of Contributors ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Chapter 1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Vascular System 1 Soraya Jones Chapter 2 Aetiology and Pathology of Vascular Disease 32 Lindsey J. Okenden Chapter 3 Promoting Health in Vascular Nursing 69 Belinda Litchfield Chapter 4 Assessment of Patients with Vascular Disease 96 Nicola Stubbing and Janet Chesworth Chapter 5 Challenges of Pressures Ulcer Prevention in Peripheral Vascular Disease 137 Krzysztof S. Gebhardt Chapter 6 Pain Management in Vascular Disease 150 Lyn Ward Chapter 7 Venous Disorders 168 Kathryn Vowden and Peter Vowden Chapter 8 Leg Ulcers 200 Christine Moffatt Chapter 9 Chronic Ischaemia 238 Shelagh Murray Chapter 10 Critical Limb Ischaemia 270 Carolyn Nocton Chapter 11 Lower Limb Amputation 313 Samantha Donohue and Penny Sutton-Woods Chapter 12 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair 343 Frances Collins Chapter 13 Carotoid Disease 369 Jill Arthur Chapter 14 Wound Care in Vascular Disease 386 Jane Holden Chapter 15 Palliative Care Provision for Vascular Patients 420 Louise M. Wilson Index 429