A prospective, randomized trial of acticoat versus silver sulfadiazine in the treatment of partial-thickness burns: Which method is less painful?

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-347

  Varas, Robin Prater ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a,b   Pizano, Louis R ^a   Quintana, Olga Delia ^a   Tellachea, Marlene Herrero ^a   Rashid, Qammar ^a   Ward, C Gillon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 23044510858     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000170119.87879.CA     Document Type: Article

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