http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer? vid=6&hid=112&sid=d5bcabd5-64fd-4e8a-9935bad9cc5d4366%40sessionmgr114 Honey compared with silver sulphadiazine in the treatment of superficial partial-thickness burns.

Autores: Malik KI ; Malik MA ; Aslam A Afiliacin: POF Hospital, Surgical Unit-1, Wah Cantt, Pakistan. drkamranmalik@hotmail.com Fuente: International Wound Journal (INT WOUND J), 2010 Oct; 7(5): 413-7 (17 ref) Tipo de publicacin: journal article - clinical trial, pictorial, research, tables/charts Idioma: English Principales temas: Burns -- Therapy Honey -- Therapeutic Use Silver -- Therapeutic Use Temas menores: Adolescence ; Adult ; Analysis of Variance ; Burns -- Complications ; Burns -Epidemiology ; Burns -- Mortality ; Child ; Clinical Trials ; Data Analysis Software ; Descriptive Statistics ; Female ; Human ; Male ; Multicenter Studies ; Random Assignment ; T-Tests Resumen: Burn injury is associated with a high incidence of death and disability; yet, its management remains problematic and costly. We conducted this clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of honey in the treatment of superficial and partialthickness burns covering less than 40% of body surface area and compared its results with those of silver sulphadiazine (SSD). In this randomised comparative clinical trial, carried out Burn Center of POF Hospital, Wah Cantt, Pakistan, from May 2007 to February 2008, 150 patients of all ages having similar types of superficial and partial-thickness burns at two sites on different parts of body were included. Each patient had one burn site treated with honey and one treated with topical SSD, randomly. The rate of re-epithelialization and healing of superficial and partial-thickness burns was significantly faster in the sites treated with honey than in the sites treated with SSD (1347 406 versus 1562 440 days, respectively: P < 00001). The site treated with honey healed completely in less than 21 days versus 24 days for the site treated with SSD. Six patients had positive culture for Pseudomonas aeroginsa in honey-treated site, whereas 27 patients had positive culture in SSD-treated site. The results clearly showed greater efficacy of honey over SSD cream for treating superficial and partial-thickness burns. Subconjunto de publicacin: Biomedical; Editorial Board Reviewed; Europe; Expert Peer Reviewed; Online/Print; Peer Reviewed; UK & Ireland Temas de inters:

Wound Care ISSN: 1742-4801 Informacin de MEDLINE: PMID: 20649832 NLM UID: 101230907 Informacin del editor: URL: www.cinahl.com/cgi-bin/refsvc?jid=2972&accno=2010785406 Fecha de la entrada: 20101119 Fecha de revisin: 20101119 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00717.x Nmero de acceso: 2010785406 Base de datos: CINAHL with Full Text