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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

1,562 questions · 1,645 findings · 107 reviews · Wounds

No studies found 651 · 39.6%GRADE not reported 84 · 5.1%Very low 554 · 33.7%Low 283 · 17.2%Moderate 64 · 3.9%High 9 · 0.5%

Honey vs topical antibiotics

Time to complete healing · people with burns

Honey probably leads to higher wound healing: time to complete healing (time‐to‐event data): honey… compared with topical antibiotics (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review
  • Antiseptics for burns 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    HR 2.45 [1.71, 3.52]
    5 studies · 580 participants
    Moderate

Honey vs topical antibiotics

Wound healing · people with burns

It is very uncertain whether honey changes wound healing (mean time to healing): honey versus SSD compared with topical antibiotics (very low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review
  • Antiseptics for burns 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    no estimate extracted
    6 studies · 712 participants
    Very low
  • Antiseptics for burns 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    RR 2.18 [1.15, 4.13]
    4 studies · 318 participants
    Low

Honey vs topical antibiotics

Incident infection: honey versus SSD or mafenide acetate · people with burns

It is very uncertain whether honey changes incident infection: honey versus SSD or mafenide acetate compared with topical antibiotics (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review
  • Antiseptics for burns 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    RR 0.16 [0.08, 0.34]
    4 studies · 480 participants
    Very low

NMA evidence for individual network: proportion with complete healing ‐ interventions vs saline gauze

Iodine‐containing dressings · people with pressure ulcers

It is very uncertain whether NMA evidence for individual network: proportion with complete… changes iodine‐containing dressings compared with saline gauze (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

NMA evidence for individual network: proportion with complete healing ‐ interventions vs saline gauze

Protease‐modulating dressings · people with pressure ulcers

NMA evidence for individual network: proportion with complete… showed no clear difference in protease‐modulating dressings compared with saline gauze (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

NMA evidence for individual network: proportion with complete healing ‐ interventions vs saline gauze

Polyvinylpyrrolidone + zinc oxide · people with pressure ulcers

NMA evidence for individual network: proportion with complete… showed no clear difference in polyvinylpyrrolidone + zinc oxide compared with saline gauze (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

NMA evidence for individual network: proportion with complete healing ‐ interventions vs saline gauze

Combination silicone foam dressings · people with pressure ulcers

It is very uncertain whether NMA evidence for individual network: proportion with complete… changes combination silicone foam dressings compared with saline gauze (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review