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Podcast #407: Choose your own blister adventure
Podcast #407: Choose your own blister adventure
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2 minutes
Released:
Nov 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
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Author: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: Three options for a blister in partial thickness burns: do nothing, unroof it, or poke a hole in it Recent study suggest that aspirating the blister may be more effective in regards to wound healing The overlying skin acts as a bio-band-aid and patients recover slightly faster References: Ro HS, Shin JY, Sabbagh MD, Roh SG, Chang SC, Lee NH. Effectiveness of aspiration or deroofing for blister management in patients with burns: A prospective randomized controlled trial. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Apr;97(17):e0563. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010563. PubMed PMID: 29703044; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5944508. Summary by Travis Barlock, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD
Released:
Nov 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
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