Omiderm treatment of scalds in children.

Abstract

As a temporary dressing on scald wounds in children Omiderm was tried in 10 consecutive patients. Omiderm is a thin, transparent, hydrophilic polyurethane membrane, permeable to water and oxygen. It was applied on the wound when exudation was declining, about 4-10 hours postburn. The dressing formed a crust with the wound exudate and was removed when the wound had reepithelialized or at day 14 postburn before split skin grafting of the wound if the wound had not yet healed. The dressing had no advantages nor disadvantages compared to conventional exposure treatment with regard to healing time, rate of bacterial contamination, need for split skin grafting, quality of scars on spontaneously healed areas nor comfort to the patients.

• Authors: E Siim, P Leicht, B Sørensen
• Journal: Burns, including thermal injury (Burns Incl Therm Inj) Vol. 15 Issue 1 Pg. 4-6 (Feb 1989) England
• PMID: 2655831 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Membranes, Artificial
• Polyurethanes
• omiderm

Topics

• Burns (therapy)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Humans
• Infant
• Membranes, Artificial
• Polyurethanes (therapeutic use)
• Random Allocation
• Wound Healing