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

Opasanon 2010.

Methods Single‐centre parallel RCT in Thailand.
Participants 65 participants (male 36; female 29) with a mean age of 36 years presenting within 24 hours with partial‐thickness burns < 15% TBSA. Exclusion criteria included full thickness burn; pregnancy; compromised immune system; hypersensitivity to alginate silver dressing
Interventions Ionic silver dressing (Askina Calgitrol Ag) changed every 5 days until wound closure versus daily SSD changes
Outcomes Time to wound healing
Pain
Number of dressing changes
Nursing time
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "...were identified and randomised into two groups..."
Inadequate information presented to determine whether sequence was unpredictable
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Inadequate information available to determine whether sequence was concealed from study personnel and participants
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Open‐label protocol; wound dressings changed at different times
Not clear whether outcome assessors were blind to treatment group assignment
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No losses to follow‐up or withdrawals
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Cannot ascertain whether outcomes were measured but not reported
Other bias Low risk None detected