Topical therapies and antimicrobials in the management of burn wounds

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Honari, Shari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUZYME; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; BIOBRANE; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CERIUM; CERIUM NITRATE; COLLAGENASE; GLUCAN; GROWTH FACTOR; MAFENIDE; MAFENIDE ACETATE; NEOMYCIN; NYSTATIN; POLYMYXIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SILVER NITRATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BANDAGE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DONOR SITE; ELECTRIC BURN; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; HYPOCHLOREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSE; OINTMENT; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN GRAFT; SURVIVAL; TEAMWORK; TOPICAL TREATMENT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DRESSING; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; XENOGRAFT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; BURNS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT SELECTION; SKIN CARE; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 2342572838     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2003.09.008     Document Type: Review

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