Purpose. The use of hypertonic saline injection in trauma patients is discussed. Summary. Patients with hemorrhage, burns, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) may develop hypovolemic shock and require ...

Research carried out at The University of Manchester has found further evidence that a simple solution, which is already used in IV drips, is an effective treatment for reducing inflammation. The ...

The goal of a recent study [1] was to evaluate whether nebulized hypertonic saline (3%) was more beneficial than nebulized normal saline (0.9%) in the treatment of infants presenting to the emergency ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Negative results from a study on the efficacy of hypertonic saline in bronchiolitis in the ED may not accurately ...

Hypertonic saline given to children with bronchiolitis in the emergency department decreases hospital admissions, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers conducted a randomized ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have shown that a hypertonic saline solution inhibits replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and have elucidated the ...

Of the patients, 42.6% treated with normal saline required hospital admission, compared with 28.9% of the hypertonic saline group. Inhaled hypertonic saline appears to have an edge over normal saline ...