title: Clinical evaluation of Epi-Lock--a semiocclusive dressing.
abstract: Epi-Lock, a new semiocclusive, semipermeable dressing, was evaluated against standard therapy for three common emergency department wounds: partial thickness burns, deep abrasions, and selected lacerations. Comparison was made of quality of wound healing; rate of wound healing; level of pain experienced, postdressing, by the patient; and ease of use by the staff. One hundred patients in each group (standard treatment versus Epi-Lock) included approximately 40 burns, 35 abrasions, and 25 lacerations in each subgroup. The results of this study showed a statistically significant difference (P less than .01) in all categories for Epi-Lock versus standard therapy. Epi-Lock may be a useful new dressing for all types of wounds presenting to the emergency department.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001458:Bandages; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004630:Emergencies; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011140:Polyurethanes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D011140:Polyurethanes