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 forms ...

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 ...

Hypertonic saline–stimulated copeptin thus was shown to be the test with higher diagnostic accuracy and confirmed safety. Nevertheless, arginine stimulation was preferred by patients, ...

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 hype ...

Preventative Inhalation of Hypertonic Saline in Infants with Cystic Fibrosis (PRESIS): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ...

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 ...

Idrevadiloride in hypertonic saline improves lung function in people with primary ciliary dyskinesia, trial shows. Download PDF Copy; Reviewed. Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Sep 12 2023.

Hypertonic pelvic floor is a condition where the muscles in the lower pelvis have a higher resting tone and difficulty relaxing. This can cause several symptoms that affect bladder and bowel function.

Nebulised hypertonic 7% saline (7% HTS) has been shown to enhance sputum clearance for these patients (Kellett et al, 2005). The mechanism for hyperosmolar agents is not well understood, but most ...