Partial thickness burns are a common, painful injury requiring a great deal of resources in their care. Silver sulfadizine is a commonly-used topical antimicrobial, but is difficult to remove due to its lipid base. We are comparing a water-based topical antimicrobial therapy to silver sulfadiazine and hypothesize that the water-based therapy is superior in terms of pain control and resources required to deliver care.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
8
The patient acted as their own control and the experimental and comparison arms (water-soluble therapy and silver sulfadiazine) were alternated on a daily basis
The patient acted as their own control and the experimental and comparison arms (water-soluble therapy and silver sulfadiazine) were alternated on a daily basis
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Pain level
Pain is assessed on a 0-10 point scale using both the patient's reported value and correlating with the value derived from nursing assessment using the visual analog scale. This is recorded at defined time points before, during, and after the dressing change
Time frame: 180 minutes
time to perform dressing changes
The time to perform the dressing change in total and for various steps is recorded in minutes.
Time frame: up to 180 minutes
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