kaye as you are looking for rcts, may i suggest you search the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register on the Cochrane Library. it contains all reports of controlled trials indexed as such on MEDLINE, plus an additional 30,000 reprts of controlled trials identified from EMBASE, and several thousand other reports of trials from other sources. with best wishes carol lefebvre information specialist uk cochrane centre -----Original Message----- From: Kaye Gilhooley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 11:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE I am enquiring on behalf of dermatology nurse collegues of mine. They are currently using Potassium Permanganate soaks on patients with chronic skin conditions. Whilst their experience tells them that it is effective they have not been able to find any evidence. A Medline search garnered few references at all. Can anybody point to any research (pref. RCTs) in this field ? Thankyou Kaye Gilhooley %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%