The safety of nanocrystalline silver dressings on burns: A study of systemic silver absorption

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 979-985

  Vlachou, Evangelia ^a   Chipp, Elizabeth ^a   Shale, Elizabeth ^a   Wilson, Yvonne T ^a   Papini, Remo ^a   Moiemen, Naiem S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acticoat; Acute burns; Nanocrystalline silver; Silver absorption

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTAL; SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD TOXICITY; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; BURNS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 35748933510     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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