Clinical evaluation comparing the efficacy of aquacel® ag hydrofiber® eressing versus petrolatum gauze with antibiotic ointment in partial-thickness burns in a pediatric burn center

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-385

  Saba, Salim Charles ^a,b   Tsai, Roger ^a   Glat, Paul ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN ZINC; FENTANYL; MORPHINE SULFATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PETROLATUM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AQUACEL; BACITRACIN; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN NURSING; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INFANT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; OINTMENT; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OINTMENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PETROLATUM; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67849133302     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181a2898f     Document Type: Article

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