Aquacel® Ag with Vaseline gauze in the management of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-126

  Huang, Shu Hung ^a,b   Yang, Pei Shan ^c   Wu, Sheng Hua ^a,b   Chang, Kao Ping ^a,d   Lin, Tsai Ming ^a,d   Lin, Sin Daw ^a,d   Lai, Chung Sheng ^a,d   Lee, Su Shin ^a,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aquacel Ag; Toxic epidermal necrolysis; Vaseline gauze

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AQUACEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; PETROLATUM; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARMELLOSE SODIUM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIZATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERCAPNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; ODOR; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TONSILLITIS; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; WOUND; WOUND HEALING; CASE REPORT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHILD; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PETROLATUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049131059     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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