| Methods |
RCT. Method of randomisation, allocation concealment and blinding of participants and investigators (including outcome assessors) not reported. |
| Participants |
20 children with partial thickness burns (mean %TBSA: 8.4) less than 24 hours old. Excluded if participants greater than 17 years of age, causes other than thermal flame or scald injuries, full‐thickness burns and admission time greater than 24 hours after injury |
| Interventions |
Biosynthetic dressing (Biobrane) versus twice daily application of SSD
Control: application of twice‐daily SSD |
| Outcomes |
Time to complete wound healing
Pain
Adverse events |
| Notes |
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| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Participants stated as "randomised" but method not reported |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Care protocols differed. Blinding of participants and investigators not feasible. Pain assessment 'not blinded' and unclear for other outcomes |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
It does not appear that there were any withdrawals or dropouts |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
All prespecified outcomes reported |
| Other bias |
Low risk |
Patient groups similar at baseline |
