A randomized controlled trial to evaluate an antimicrobial dressing with silver alginate powder for the management of chronic wounds exhibiting signs of critical colonization

Advances in Skin and Wound Care

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 503-508

  Woo, Kevin Y ^a,b   Coutts, Patricia M ^c   Gary Sibbald, R ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b West Park Health Centre   (Canada)

^c Toronto Regional Wound Clinic   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; Critical colonization; Randomized controlled trial; Silver

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; SILVER DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POWDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGINATES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWDERS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84868613320     PISSN: 15277941     EISSN: 15388654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000422628.63148.4b     Document Type: Article

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