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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

2 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews · Wounds

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Iodine vs non‐antibacterial

Wound healing · people with burns

It is very uncertain whether iodine changes wound healing (mean time to healing): iodine gauze versus carbon fibre compared with non‐antibacterial (very low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review
  • Antiseptics for burns 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    MD 5.38 [3.09, 7.67]
    1 study · 277 participants
    Very low
  • Antiseptics for burns 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    no estimate extracted
    1 study · 55 participants
    Very low

Iodine vs topical antibiotics

Wound healing · people with burns

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

1 finding from 1 review
  • Antiseptics for burns 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
    no estimate extracted
    2 studies · 148 participants
    Very low