Use of gauze soaked in povidone iodine for dressing acute open wounds [5]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2105-2107

  Misra, Alok ^a,b   Nanchahal, Jagdeep ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; LETTER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WOUND; THYROID DISEASE; WOUND DRESSING; BACTERIUM; BANDAGE; DRUG EFFECT; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; BANDAGES; HUMANS; POVIDONE-IODINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037739626     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000057076.71217.B2     Document Type: Letter

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