Controlling wound odor with metronidazole: a systematic review

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Diana Lima Villela De Castro¹  Vera Lúcia Conceição De Gouveia Santos¹ 

关键词: Wounds and Injuries;    Deodorization;    Metronidazole;    Wound Infection;    Review;    Heridas y Traumatismos;    Desodorización;    Metronidazol;    Infección de Heridas;    Revisión;    Ferimentos e Lesões;    Desodorização;    Metronidazol;    Infecção dos Ferimentos;    Revisão;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420150000500021

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

AbstractOBJECTIVEVerifying the evidence of therapeutic efficacy in the topical application of metronidazole for controlling wound odor.METHODSA systematic literature review, according to the Cochrane Collaboration recommendations.RESULTS329 articles were identified in the Cochrane, LILACS, SciELO, CINAHL and PubMed databases, with 14 of them being included in the final sample. Two of the studies were double-blind randomized clinical trial studies.CONCLUSIONThe actual effectiveness of metronidazole in controlling wound odor cannot yet be evidenced due to the absence of strong evidence from studies on the subject, despite clinical practice recommending its benefits.

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