OBJECTIVES To assess the effect on needed nursing time for dressing change. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS A parallel-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial in patients who are in need for a peripherally inserted central catheter insertion in one teaching hospital in Belgium. The follow-up lasted 180 days or until catheter removal, whatever came first. A computer generated table was us...

BACKGROUND Hematoma of the auricle which is a collection of blood beneath the perichondrial layer of the pinna usually poses a challenge to the otolaryngologist due to its high rate of recurrence after treatment and lack of appropriate material for use as stitch dressing especially, in the developing world. This is a Pilot study in which corrugated rubber drain was used as a stitch dressing aft...

OBJECTIVE To model the cost-effectiveness impact of routine use of an antimicrobial chlorhexidine gluconate-containing securement dressing compared to non-antimicrobial transparent dressings for the protection of central vascular lines in intensive care unit patients. DESIGN This study uses a novel health economic model to estimate the cost-effectiveness of using the chlorhexidine gluconate d...

materials and methods in this study, 90 patients with second-degree burn injuries who were admitted to the yazd burn hospital were randomly divided into three equal groups. in the negative control group, the wounds were covered with sterile vaseline gauze followed by double sterile dry gauze and ultimately bandaged. in the test group, the wounds were covered by an iranian hydrogel sheet (irgel)...

BACKGROUND Massive soft tissue loss involving the pelvis and extremities from trauma, infections, and tumors remains a challenging and debilitating problem. Although vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) technology is effective in the management of soft tissue loss, the adjunct of a silver dressing in the setting of massive wounds has not been as well tested. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES Does a silver negative...

Routine nursing activities such as dressing/bed changes increase bacterial dispersal from burns patients, potentially contaminating healthcare workers (HCW) carrying out these tasks. HCW thus become vectors for transmission of nosocomial infection between patients. The suspected relationship between %total body surface area (%TBSA) of burn and levels of bacterial release has never been fully es...

Aims: To assess the performance of ALLEVYN Gentle in the management of a variety of wounds including venous, mixed arterial and diabetic foot ulcers. The primary objective was overall clinical acceptability for its indicated uses. Methods: A multicentre clinical evaluation conducted in 2008. Results: 56 adult patients from five countries were included in the evaluation. Venous leg ulcers were t...

OBJECTIVE A number of randomised controlled trials (RCT) have compared control groups with TLC-NOSF dressings (UrgoStart) on chronic wounds. Our aim was to determine whether the clinical trials' results translate into routine management of such wounds, by pooling the data from real-life observational studies. METHOD Observational studies, conducted in France and Germany, evaluating current pr...

are used in the treatment of burns, have not produced equally satisfactory results; and these are still under trial. The success of the tannic acid treatment as a first-aid dressing and as the routine treatment of burns is due to (?) The prevention of the absorption of the damaged tissues which are coagulated by tannic acid. (?) The formation of a crust, which supports and protects the tissues ...