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JJ 23 Laceration Aftercare – Dressings, Antibiotics, Improving Cosmesis, Preventing Infection

Emergency Medicine Cases

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Is There Enough Evidence to Say Anything?

The Cochrane review says there are 26 RCTs, but they're basically all for chronic wounds or burns. There were three trials that looked at acute wounds compared to normal dressings with no difference at all. Vitamin E is the one topic we could probably talk longer about, but there's no ED studies. The highest quality studies suggest no benefit.

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