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ArticleInternational wound journal2018

A 2000 patient retrospective assessment of a new strategy for burn wound management in view of infection prevention and treatment.

Justyna Glik, Wojciech Łabuś, Diana Kitala, Karolina Mikuś-Zagórska, Christopher D Roberts, Mariusz Nowak, Aleksandra Kasperczyk, Marek Kawecki

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Article in International wound journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Justyna GlikDr Stanisław Sakiel Center for Burns Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland.
Wojciech ŁabuśDr Stanisław Sakiel Center for Burns Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland.
Diana KitalaDr Stanisław Sakiel Center for Burns Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland.
Karolina Mikuś-ZagórskaDr Stanisław Sakiel Center for Burns Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland.
Christopher D RobertsClinical Resolutions Wound Care Consultancy, Hessle, UK.
Mariusz NowakDr Stanisław Sakiel Center for Burns Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland.
Aleksandra KasperczykDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Zabrze, Poland.
Marek KaweckiDr Stanisław Sakiel Center for Burns Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland.
Centrum Leczenia Oparzeń · PLMedical University of Silesia · PL21c Consultancy (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections in burn patients are still the principal cause of complications in burn injuries. The aim of this study is to assess a new strategy for burn wound management in view of infection prevention and treatment in the experience of the Burn Treatment Center in Siemianowice Śląskie. The applied methodology involved the analysis of patient records describing the hospital's epidemiological situation between 2014 and 2016. The analysis also included the use and cost of antibiotics, silver-containing dressings, and other antiseptics relative to the number of sepsis cases, including those caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as the mortality ratio. The total costs of prevention and treatment of infections were reduced, while the use of silver-containing dressings and antiseptics increased. The number of patients with sepsis decreased, including cases caused by P. aeruginosa, and the mortality ratio was reduced. Introducing a strategy for burn wound-oriented infection prevention and treatment in burn patients provides a number of benefits. It is also cost-effective. Using locally applied active dressings and antiseptics can be a welcome choice for often-unnecessary antibiotic therapy of a suspected or existing burn wound infection.

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BandagesAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective Agents, LocalBurnsDrug CostsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPseudomonas InfectionsRetrospective StudiesSepsisSilver SulfadiazineWound InfectionAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective Agents, LocalSilver Sulfadiazineantibioticsburnsinfectionssilver-containing dressings

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PMID29243368
PMCPMC7949883
OpenAlexW2773207158

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