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.

Hypertonic saline (HTS) is an osmotic agent that can help patients in the acute phase of severe traumatic brain injury. HTS extracts fluid from swollen cerebral tissue to both control intracranial ...

Background Inhaled hypertonic saline (HTS) improves quality of life and reduces pulmonary exacerbations when given long term in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). While increasingly being offered for ...

Otherwise known as "saline amniocentesis," "salting out," or a "hypertonic saline" abortion, this technique is used after 16 weeks of pregnancy, when enough fluid has accumulated in the amniotic ...

Since Gatorade is so effective at delivering glucose to muscles quickly, Brown says that the best time to drink Gatorade is ...

but also sadness too, because it's finished. "I wanted to go back to the start." Andrew has hypertonic cerebral palsy, which means he suffers from tightening muscles and regular spasms.

A pacemaker is used to operate the smooth functioning of the heart when the heart fails to do so naturally and to treat heart failure, and hypertonic cardiomyopathy. However, since it is a machine ...