Dressings for superficial and partial thickness burns

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Wasiak, Jason ^a   Cleland, Heather ^b   Campbell, Fiona ^c   Spinks, Anneliese ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

BURN; EXUDATE; FIBRE DRESSING; FOLLICULAR EXANTHEMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; OUCHER SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; POLYURETHANE FILM DRESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SILICON COATED NYLON DRESSING; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SUBSTITUTE DRESSING; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SUPERFICIAL THICKNESS BURN; SUPPURATION; SURFACE AREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BANDAGE; CLASSIFICATION; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD;

BANDAGES; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; BURNS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; WOUND HEALING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880068376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002106.pub4     Document Type: Review

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