[Experiences with the use of cerium nitrate silver sulfadiazine in the local treatment of thermal injuries in childhood].

Abstract

Ointment containing cerium nitrate and silver sulphadiazine (Flammacerium) was applied to 47 children with second-degree to third-degree thermal injuries, with something between five and 60 per cent of the body surface being affected, as had been reported in a one-year prospective study. This ointment proved to be superior to several alternative approaches with regard to local properties, antimicrobial effectiveness, and applicability to several degree of burns. The process of treatment can be optimised due to unproblematic applicability in open and closed variants under both hospitalised and outpatient conditions. This assessment has been underlined by good to very good therapeutic results.

• Authors: C Lorenz, U Specht, W Beyer, F Ströhmann, S Garbe, H Mau
• Journal: Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie (Zentralbl Chir) Vol. 113 Issue 19 Pg. 1273-9 ( 1988) ISSN: 0044-409X [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Erfahrungen mit der Anwendung von Cerium-Nitrat-Silbersulfadiazin bei der Lokalbehandlung thermischer Verletzungen im Kindesalter.
• PMID: 3201841 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Infective Agents, Local
• Drug Combinations
• Ointments
• Sulfadiazine
• cerium nitrate
• Cerium
• Silver Sulfadiazine

Topics

• Anti-Infective Agents, Local
• Burns (drug therapy)
• Cerium (administration & dosage)
• Child
• Drug Combinations
• Humans
• Ointments
• Silver Sulfadiazine (administration & dosage)
• Sulfadiazine (administration & dosage)
• Wound Healing (drug effects)