A review of the applications of the hydrofiber dressing with silver (Aquacel Ag®) in wound care

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Barnea, Yoav ^a   Weiss, Jerry ^a   Gur, Eyal ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aquacel Ag ; Carboxymethylcellulose; Hydrofiber; Silver; Wound dressing

Indexed keywords

AQUACEL AG; CALCIUM ALGINATE; MAFENIDE ACETATE; SILVER; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BURN; BURNING SENSATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; EPITHELIZATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STINGING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77950829440     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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