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. 2017 Jul 12;2017(7):CD011821. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011821.pub2

Gao 2016.

Methods Country where data collected: NR
Parallel‐group RCT
Unit of randomisation: participant
Unit of analysis: participant
Duration: unclear
Participants Inclusion criteria: irrespective of age with deep‐dermal burn wound; admitted to hospital less than 3 days after burn; the burn wounds were not to be operated on
Exclusion criteria: burn wound involved the head and face region; history of allergy to dressing composed of ionic silver; serious infective wound; required emergency surgery
Participants: 10 individuals; no details of participant characteristics were reported
Interventions Intervention arm 1: silver‐impregnated antimicrobial dressing combined with a granulocyte macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (GM‐CSF) gel
Intervention arms 2: gauze dressing combined with GM‐CSF gel
Cointerventions: the GM‐CSF gel was applied in both arms
Outcomes Primary outcome: no primary outcomes were reported
Secondary outcome: pain
Secondary outcome: resource use ‐ time to debridement complete; no outcomes currently have evaluable data
Notes Funding: NR
Reported as abstract only; study author contact not yet established
Appears to be assessing time to debridement rather than the outcomes of this review