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- Silver sulfadiazin, a sulfa medicine, is used to prevent and treat bacterial or fungus infections. It works by killing the fungus or bacteria. it is also soothing to burns and, will cover the burns effectively.
Silvadene is no longer recommended for use because numerous studies show that it slows down the wound healing.
Citation: Wasiak J, Cleland H, Campbell F. Dressings for superficial and partial thickness burns. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD002106. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002106.pub3.
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What cpt code should be used for Silvadene?
16000
Can sulfur be used to treat burns?
Sulfur itself would not be used, though it is sometimes used to treat skin problems such as dermatitis, but there are compounds of sulfur which are used as medications. Silver sulfadiazine is the popular sulfa based burn cream, also known as Silvadene.
What family does silvadene belong to?
Sulfa antibiotics is the family that the drug Silvadene belongs to.
How are severe burn patients fed?
Tube feeding is often used to provide nutrients to patients who have suffered burns or who have inflammatory bowel disease.
What is silvadene cream?
heaven
What is reverse isolation?
It for burn patients transplant and chemotherapy patients.
How can you treat burns?
Silvadene Cream
Number of burn patients in US per year?
Every year, nearly 1.25 million burn patients are treated in the United States.
What is a Major problem burn patients face?
Infection
What are the importance of the rule of nines in the treatment of burn patients?
The importance of the "rule of nines" in treatment of burn patients is that it allows estimation of the extent of burns so fluid volume replacement can be calculated accurately.
One complication that pediatric burn patients are especially susceptible to is?
hyperthermia
What are the major problems burn patients face?
skin cancer, overwhelming
