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 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 ...

A hypertonic pelvic floor occurs when the muscles in this area become too tense. Symptoms can include pain, difficulty urinating or passing bowel movements, and sexual difficulties. Currently ...

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 ...

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 ...