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Application and usual dosage: Application in grave and extensive burns: The cream should be applied to the burnt area after the cleansing and debridement of the wound, usually once a day, wearing a sterile glove, to a thickness of 1 mm, making sure that all interstices and crevices of the irregular burnt surface are treated. Silver sulfadiazine should be applied more frequently to burnt areas from which the cream might be removed by any involuntary movement of the patient. The therapy should be continued until a satisfactory healing has been achieved or until the burnt area is ready for grafting.
Dressings are unnecessary but covering with fine mesh gauze and bandage will be more convenient for the majority of the patients. Hydrotherapy and mechanical debridement are advisable in patients with third-degree burns.
