A pilot study of the use of biocide-impregnated gauze as an adjunct to wound care in a burn population

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-363

  Wibbenmeyer, Lucy ^a   Williams, Ingrid ^a   Liao, Junlin ^a   Heard, Jason ^a   Kealey, Gerald Patrick ^a   Miller, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; BIOCIDE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURN; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANDAGES; BIGUANIDES; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861191151     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31823746d2     Document Type: Article

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