A literature review of the military uses of silver-nylon dressings with emphasis on wartime operations

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S24-S29

  Barillo, David J ^a   Pozza, Morano ^b   Margaret Brandt, Mary ^c  

^a Disaster Response Critical Care Consultants LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Deployed medicine; Mass casualty; Military medicine; Silver; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; BURN; BURN DRESSING; BURN PATIENT; DEVICE THERAPY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SILVER NYLON DRESSING; WAR; WOUND DRESSING; BANDAGE; BLAST INJURIES; BURNS; PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NYLON; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BANDAGES; BLAST INJURIES; BURNS; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NYLONS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84912526231     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.09.017     Document Type: Article

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