Queen D, Gaylor J D, Evans J H, Courtney J M, Reid W H
Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Biomaterials. 1987 Sep;8(5):367-71. doi: 10.1016/0142-9612(87)90007-x.
The control of evaporative water loss, following burn injury, is of major importance to the overall condition of the patient, whether this control is by natural eschar or by a dressing. It is therefore important to preclinically determine the water vapour transmission rate of these dressings, firstly to make comparisons between different materials and secondly to screen prototype materials, under controlled conditions. A preclinical (in vitro) technique is described and the results are given for several commercially available dressings which encompass foam, film and hydrogel material categories.
