title: Silver-based dressing in an extremely low-birth-weight infant: a case study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dressings containing silver have been considered dangerous for neonatal patients. Many practitioners are hesitant to place wound applications (with or without silver) on premature infants based on the potential risk of absorption and toxicity. Few studies have been conducted looking at long-term effects of current dressing products in the neonate.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a flexible polyurethane foam containing ionic silver to treat the skin breakdown in a 23-week-old infant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The silver foam dressing was safely and successfully used in the treatment of this extremely low-birth-weight infant with skin breakdown.
authors.affiliation: Deanne L. August, BSN, Department of Neonatology, The Townsville Hospital, Douglas, Queensland, Australia. Susan Ireland, FRACP, Department of Neonatology, The Townsville Hospital, Douglas, Queensland, Australia. Judy Benton, BSN, Department of Neonatology, The Townsville Hospital, Douglas, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Deanne L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: August
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ireland
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benton
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001458:Bandages; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011140:Polyurethanes; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011140:Polyurethanes; D018030:Silver Compounds; C028279:polyurethane foam