Management of partial skin thickness burn wounds with Inadine dressings.
In a prospective randomized trial, 213 consecutive patients with less than 10 per cent BSA partial thickness burns were treated as outpatients with either Bactigras (n = 102) (tulle gras dressing with 0.5 per cent Chlorhexidine Acetate B.P.) or Inadine (n = 111) (rayon dressing with 10 per cent povidone iodine ointment). Inadine caused less bleeding on dressing removal but not significantly less. Inadine treated patients required less analgesia, a reduced treatment time, a smaller number of hospital visits and less time off work/normal activities (P = 0.01). Inadine should be more widely used in the management of partial thickness burn wounds.
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Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
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D000268:Adhesiveness; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001458:Bandages; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014945:Wound Healing
D000700:Analgesics