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 . DENVER — Hypertonic saline provides no additional benefit compared with normal saline for the treatment of ...

For infants with acute bronchiolitis, nebulized hypertonic saline (HS) can reduce the risk for hospitalization in outpatients and reduce the length of hospital stay among inpatients, a new study ...

New research shows that hospital stays for infants diagnosed with bronchiolitis, or inflammation of the lungs, and treated with nebulized 3% hypertonic saline (HS), a commonly used, off-label therapy, ...

Bottom Line: Children with bronchiolitis (a common respiratory tract infection that can result in hospitalization) who were treated in the emergency department showed less clinical improvement after ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bronchiolitis, a disorder in infants most commonly resulting from viral lower respiratory tract infection, is ...

(HealthDay News) — For infants with bronchiolitis, the benefits of nebulized hypertonic saline (HS) vs. normal saline (NS) in the emergency department are limited, according to two studies published ...

Infants with bronchiolitis who were treated with inhaled hypertonic saline in the emergency department (ED) were less likely to require admission to the hospital compared to infants treated with ...

Have you ever wished there was a simple, low-cost way to help your kids recover faster from colds? A recent study has parents talking—suggesting that a simple saline solution might help kids feel ...

Mucoactive agents did little to stave off pulmonary exacerbations of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, the CLEAR trial showed. In the two-by-two factorial trial testing hypertonic saline and ...

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 ...