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. 2013 Mar 28;2013(3):CD002106. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002106.pub4

Muangman 2010.

Methods Single‐centre parallel RCT in Thailand.
Participants 70 participants (male 32; female 38) with a mean age of 38 years presenting within 24 hours prior to study enrolment with superficial second degree burn < 15% TBS (mean %TBSA 2.8). Exclusion criteria included concomitant trauma; chemical/electrical burns; inhalation injuries; facial burns; underlying conditions that could interfere with treatment; restricted availability for out‐patient follow‐up; recent antibiotic use; pregnancy; wound dressing allergy
Interventions Aquacel‐Ag hydrofibre dressing applied once versus daily application of 1% silver sulphadiazine.
Outcomes Time to wound healing
Pain
Total dressing cost
Total hospital cost
Pain medication
Transport cost
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Quote: "Patients were randomised by computer..."
Comment: probably done
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Inadequate information reported to confirm concealment of allocation
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Different care protocols so blinding of patients and investigators not feasible. Not clear whether assessor blinded: assumed to be at risk of detection bias.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk All participants followed‐up until wound had healed. Assumed that no losses to follow‐up occurred.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk The outcomes described in the material and methods section were fully reported
Expectation of wound infection would be low so reporting this outcome might not be relevant for this population
Other bias Low risk None detected