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Burns and the Use of Silver Sulphadiazine 1
Author(s) -
MCDOUGALL I. A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1972.tb06772.x
Subject(s) - medicine , burn wound , silver sulfadiazine , wound infection , surgery , intensive care medicine , wound healing
The use of silver sulphadiazine in the topical treatment of the burn wound in 169 patients has proved effective in decreasing the mortality and the eradication of infection, especially of Pseudomonas pyocyanea, from the burn wound. It also proves to be a relatively cheap method of treating the burn wound.