| Methods |
RCT. Randomisation and allocation concealment not reported. Blinding at outcome assessment recorded. |
| Participants |
51 patients (25 children) with small blistered burns seen within 12 hours of injury. Mean 1.7% TBSA for those in the intervention group; mean 1.83% TBSA to those assigned to conventional therapy. |
| Interventions |
Polyurethane film (Op‐site, Smith &Nephew Healthcare Limited) versus chlorhexidine‐impregnated paraffin gauze (Bactigras, Smith and Nephew Healthcare Limited) |
| Outcomes |
Number of days to complete wound healing
Level of pain
Incidence of infection |
| Notes |
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| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Stated randomised but no details given |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Participants and investigators not blinded; trial stated that measurement of some outcomes required confirmatory judgement of assessors not involved in the trial but no details provided |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Not reported with sufficient detail. Three patients in the plastic film group removed their dressing early, it is unclear whether these patients were included in the final analysis or not. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
High risk |
Outcomes reported incompletely |
| Other bias |
Low risk |
None detected |
