| Methods |
RCT. Method of randomisation, allocation concealment and blinding of participants and investigators (including outcome assessors) not reported. |
| Participants |
59 patients with 73 second degree burns of 50 to 200 cm. Age and gender not provided. |
| Interventions |
Calcium alginate (Algosteril, Smith and Nephew Healthcare Limited) versus SSD |
| Outcomes |
Days to healing
Level of pain |
| Notes |
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| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Described as "randomised" but method not reported |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
All prespecified outcomes reported |
| Other bias |
High risk |
Potential unit of analysis errors: 59 patients included with 73 burns and it appears that burns, not patients, were randomised to treatment groups |
