Trials evaluating the use of hypertonic saline solutions for resuscitation after traumatic injury have not shown an overall mortality benefit compared with isotonic fluid administration.

Second, patients’ fingernails grow over time and begin to pierce the patients’ palms. Splints, which can hold a hypertonic hand open, provide a partial solution. However, caregivers must pry patients’ ...

Hypertonic dehydration, otherwise known as hypernatremia, occurs when the body loses too much water and not enough sodium, leading to an imbalance of water and sodium levels. It is one of three ...

Hypertonic saline refers to any saline solution with a concentration of sodium chloride (NaCl) higher than physiologic (0.9%). Commonly used preparations include 2%, 3%, 5%, 7%, and 23% NaCl. HTS ...

On the other hand, early structural abnormalities in ... making it impossible to establish the long-term benefit of treatment with hypertonic saline. However, the study has opened up a potentially ...

Hypertonic dehydration occurs when there’s an imbalance of water and salt in your body. Losing too much water while keeping too much salt in the fluid outside your cells causes hypertonic ...

Inhaled hypertonic saline acutely increases mucociliary clearance and, in short-term trials, improves lung function in people with cystic fibrosis. We tested the safety and efficacy of inhaled ...