Ref (type)	Population	Outcome, Interventions	Results and statistical analysis	Effect size	Favours
Healing time
[11] Systematic review	70 patients with superficial second-degree burns Data from 1 RCT	Mean healing times (days) 10.0 with hydrogel fibre dressing 13.7 with silver sulfadiazine cream	MD –3.70 95%CI –5.44 to –1.96 P = 0.000030 Unclear blinding in paper	Effect size not calculated	hydrogel fibre dressing
[11] Systematic review	84 patients with superficial, mid-dermal, or mixed partial-thickness burns at first presentation Data from 1 RCT	Median time to healing (days) 16 with hydrogel fibre dressing 17 with silver sulfadiazine cream	P = 0.517 No variance data were reported Study[30] was 'unblinded'		Not significant
Number of dressing changes
[11] Systematic review	84 patients with superficial, mid-dermal, or mixed partial-thickness burns at first presentation Data from 1 RCT	Median time to healing (days) 7.7 with hydrogel fibre dressing 19.1 with silver sulfadiazine cream	MD –11.40 95%CI –15.66 to –7.14 P <0.00001 Study[30] was 'unblinded'	Effect size not calculated	hydrogel fibre dressing
Wound infection
[11] Systematic review	84 patients with superficial, mid-dermal, or mixed partial-thickness burns at first presentation Data from 1 RCT	Incidence of infection 8/42 (19%) with hydrogel fibre dressing 6/40 (15%) with silver sulfadiazine cream	RR 1.27 95% CI 0.48 to 3.34 P = 0.63 Study[30] was 'unblinded'		Not significant
Need for surgery
[11] Systematic review	84 patients with superficial, mid-dermal, or mixed partial-thickness burns at first presentation Data from 1 RCT	Number of people requiring surgery 5/42 (12%) with hydrogel fibre dressing 7/40 (18%) with silver sulfadiazine cream	RR 0.68 95% CI 0.24 to1.97 P = 0.48 Study[30] was 'unblinded'		Not significant