STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare three dressing types in terms of their ability to protect against infection and promote healing, patient comfort, and cost-effectiveness. DESIGN Prospective, randomized controlled trial. SETTING Major metropolitan, academically affiliated, tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Seven hundred thirty-seven patients were randomized to receive a dry absorbent dressing (...

BACKGROUND Covering insertion sites with chlorhexidine impregnated dressings has been proven to be clinically effective in reducing catheter related blood stream infections (CR-BSI). Two chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG)-impregnated dressings are commercially available, a polyurethane foam disk and a film dressing containing a chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated gel pad. While both have demonstrate...

BACKGROUND Skin graft is one of the commonly done procedures by plastic surgeons, dermato surgeons and general surgeons. Pain at the donor area is a common complaint by the patient. The skin graft donor site area is usually covered with petrolatum dressing dermatosurgeons. AIM This study was done to compare collagen dressing with petroleum gauze dressing in control of post-operative pain on s...

The ideal dressing material is bio-inert and keeps the wound site moist. It is equally important that no regenerative tissue is peeled off on the removal of the dressing. 2-Methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) has a phospholipid polar group that mimics a biomembrane. We prepared poly [MPC-co-n-dodecyl methacrylate (DMA)] (PMD), using conventional radical polymerization with 2,2'-azobisi...

A new development of hybrid in-process electrical dressing of metal-bonded diamond grinding wheels is proposed in this paper. The electrical dressing method is used for overcoming the limitations of the conventional dressing methods available in relation to a super-abrasive wheel because of the hardness of its abrasive grains and the durability of its bonding material. The proposed hybrid in-pr...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate the effect on skin temperature of different methods of use of a hydrogel dressing. METHODS Twelve volunteers had temperature measured under a hydrogel dressing with different combinations of air movement and bandaging. RESULTS A large drop in skin temperature was only achieved when the dressing was left exposed with air movement over the sur...

The role of polyurethane adhesive transparent film dressing was studied in fifty patients against the conventional gauze dressing. "Polyurethane membrane" was found to be a superior form of dressing since it allowed frequent wound observation without disturbance of normal healing process due to change of dressings. It was also found to reduce the wound infection rate. It is moisture, vapour per...

BACKGROUND This study compared the effects of three silver dressing combinations on small to medium size acute partial thickness burns in children, focusing on re-epithelialization time, pain and distress during dressing changes. METHOD Children (0-15 years) with clean, ≤ 10% total body surface area (TBSA) partial thickness burns who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Chil...

the diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 gene (dgat1) was identified as a strong candidate gene affecting mutton quality traits in sheep. single nucleotide polymorphism creates a single base mutation (c to t) in agct site of endonuclease alui. dgat1 is one of the candidate genes to improve carcass characteristics in feedlot animals. in order to study area t487c in exon 17 of the dgat1 polymorphism,...

We investigate the effectiveness of window-dressing as a potential strategy to be used by mutual fund managers to promote fund flows. Using a rank gap measure as a proxy for the likelihood that window-dressing has occurred, we find that fund investors as whole punish those managers who are suspected to have engaged in window-dressing. That is, we find a negative relation between the window-dres...