The effects of honey compared to silver sulfadiazine for the treatment of burns: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Burns

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 50-57

  Aziz, Zoriah ^a   Abdul Rasool Hassan, Bassam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Burn; Dressing; Healing time; Honey; Meta analysis; Silver sulfadiazine

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BURN; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HONEY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME; WOUND HEALING; BANDAGE; BURNS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BURNS; HONEY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84994475868     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.07.004     Document Type: Review

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