Efficacy of Moist Exposed Burn Ointment in the Management of Cutaneous Wounds and Ulcers: A Multicenter Pilot Study

Atiyeh, Bishara S.; Ioannovich, John; Magliacani, G.; Masellis, M.; Costagliola, M; Dham, Ruwayda; Al-Farhan, Maha

doi:10.1097/00000637-200202000-00032

Cited by 22 publications

(19 citation statements)

References 5 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The goals of health care must be to add years to life and life to years, in other words, to increase the quantity and quality of life [3,15] that is practically impossible and even inappropriate to price tag. From that particular perspective, the positive effects of MEBO expressed in terms of analgesia, psychological comfort, ease of application and better healing and scarring as demonstrated by previous studies [15][16][17][18] adds tremendously to the benefit-cost analysis. This by no means contradicts the rightful contemporary popularity of early surgical burn wound closure.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Benefit–cost analysis of moist exposed burn ointment

Atiyeh

Dham²,

Kadry

et al. 2002

Burns

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Benefit–cost analysis of moist exposed burn ointment

Atiyeh

Dham²,

Kadry

et al. 2002

Burns

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…For this reason, silver has recently been shown to be highly toxic to keratinocytes and fibroblasts and may delay burn wound healing if applied indiscriminately to debrided healing tissue areas (53,90,236). Moist exposure therapy using a moisture-retentive ointment (MEBO-Julphar; Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries, United Arab Emirates) has recently been shown to act as an effective antibacterial agent while promoting rapid autolysis debridement and optimal moist wound healing in partial-thickness injury (13,16). Moisture-retentive ointment also resulted in earlier recovery of keratinocytes with improved wound healing and decreased scar formation (14).…”

Section: Topical Antimicrobial Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Burn Wound Infections

Church

Elsayed

Reid³

et al. 2006

Clin Microbiol Rev

1,622

1,345

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

SUMMARYBurns are one of the most common and devastating forms of trauma. Patients with serious thermal injury require immediate specialized care in order to minimize morbidity and mortality. Significant thermal injuries induce a state of immunosuppression that predisposes burn patients to infectious complications. A current summary of the classifications of burn wound infections, including their diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, is given. Early excision of the eschar has substantially decreased the incidence of invasive burn wound infection and secondary sepsis, but most deaths in severely burn-injured patients are still due to burn wound sepsis or complications due to inhalation injury. Burn patients are also at risk for developing sepsis secondary to pneumonia, catheter-related infections, and suppurative thrombophlebitis. The introduction of silver-impregnated devices (e.g., central lines and Foley urinary catheters) may reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections due to prolonged placement of these devices. Improved outcomes for severely burned patients have been attributed to medical advances in fluid resuscitation, nutritional support, pulmonary and burn wound care, and infection control practices.

show abstract

“…In this condition, the environment which was suitable for the bacillus growth was demised. (Svensjo et al, 2000;Atiyeh et al, 2003a;Chah et al, 2006). The drugs created a moist environment, which was similar to the physiological status of normal skin so that the nerve endings avoided the stimulation from the air (Fu and Wang, 1999).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%