Topical petrolatum gel alone versus topical silver sulfadiazine with standard gauze dressings for the treatment of superficial partial thickness burns in adults: A randomized controlled trial

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1267-1273

  Genuino, Glenn Angelo S ^a   Baluyut Angeles, Kathrina Victoria ^a,c   Espiritu, Andre Paolo T ^a,d   Lapitan, Marie Carmela M ^a   Buckley, Brian S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Southern Philippines Medical Center   (Philippines)

^d St Lukes Medical Center   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Dressings; Partial thickness burns; Petrolatum; Silver sulfadiazine

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER; WHITE PETROLATUM; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PETROLATUM; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ALLERGY; SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; BANDAGE; BURNS; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BURNS; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PETROLATUM; RE-EPITHELIALIZATION; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908116695     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.07.024     Document Type: Article

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