Dressings for superficial and partial thickness burns

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Wasiak, Jason ^a   Cleland, Heather ^a   Campbell, Fiona ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOBRANE; CADEXOMER IODINE; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CHLORHEXIDINE; COMFEEL; DUODERM; OPSITE; POLYMACON; POLYURETHAN; SILVER; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; HYDROGEL DRESSING; PAIN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 55049107063     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002106.pub3     Document Type: Review

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