Elsevier

Biomaterials

Volume 8, Issue 5, September 1987, Pages 367-371
Biomaterials

The preclinical evaluation of the water vapour transmission rate through burn wound dressings

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Abstract

The control of evaporative water loss, following bum injury, is of major importance to the overall condition of the patient, whether this control is by natural eschar or by a dressing. It is therefore important to preclinically determine the water vapour transmission rate of these dressings, firstly to make comparisons between different materials and secondly to screen prototype materials, under controlled conditions. A preclinical (in vitro) technique is described and the results are given for several commercially available dressings which encompass foam, film and hydrogel material categories.

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