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Soap or saline: which is better for cleaning wounds? (wound)

An experiment where patients' who had open wounds were cleaned with either soap or saline.

For an informal overview of the experiment and findings, see this United Press International article.

Data Source: The FLOW Investigators. 2015. A Trial of Wound Irrigation in the Initial Management of Open Fracture Wounds. New England Journal of Medicine 373:2629-2641.

  • cleaning: The type of irrigation solution used to clean the wound.
  • outcome: If the patient required additional procedures due to infection of the wound.
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