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Study aim
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Use of therapeutic effect Punica granatum L. dressing in the healing of second degree burn wound
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Design
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A double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial with parallel groups in third phase designed for 15 patients in each group with Balance blocked randomization method
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Settings and conduct
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The study is performed on burn patients admitted to Amir Al-Momenin Hospital in Shiraz. The patients are divided into groups A and B according to the random table. Creatinine, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Hemoglobin and Liver function test tests are taken before starting treatment. The burn wound is irrigated with sterile normal saline serum and then dressing. On days 1, 3, 7, 10, 13, 21 sent wound culture for evaluation the wound infection control, dressing changed once daily. (Until the wound appears pink, clear, without discharge and has granulation tissue and healing epithelium.) Patients are visited daily by a doctor and their wounds are evaluated. Dressings and procedures are similar, nurses and physicians are blind to the research design.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Burn hospitalized patients with body mass index greater than 18 and less than 25 with a burn case area of 5% or less that has not been burnt for more than one day and is due to contact with a heat source of flame or hot liquids.
Not inclusion criteria: pregnancy, having skin diseases and skin allergies to herbal medicines, having underlying liver disease, kidney disease, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, malignancy, immune deficiency, poisoning, trauma, intubation and joint involvement.
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Intervention groups
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One group treated with Punica granatum L. ointment and one group treated with silver sulfadiazine ointment (standard medical treatment)
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Main outcome variables
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Repair time; Wound infection control