Hydrofiber dressing with silver for the management of split-thickness donor sites: A randomized evaluation of two protocols of care

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 665-672

  Blome Eberwein, S ^a   Johnson, R M ^b   Miller, S F ^b   Caruso, D M ^c   Jordan, M H ^d   Milner, S ^e   Tredget, E E ^f   Sittig, K M ^g   Smith, L ^h  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Arizona Burn Center   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor site; Healing; Hydrofiber dressing with silver; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BURN; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DONOR SITE; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FIBER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GAUZE DRESSING; GEL; HUMAN; HYDROFIBER DRESSING; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRANSPARENT DRESSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WOUND; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG CARRIERS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953123411     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.06.193     Document Type: Article

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