THE application of hypertonic solutions speeds the appearance of clinical signs of cellular dehydration in proportion to the impermeability of the cellular membrane. Intravenous infusion of hypertonic ...

Hypertonic resuscitation – a concentrated intravenous (IV) dose of saline and dextran, a sugar solution – has the potential to help survivors of blunt trauma by improving blood flow and delivery of ...

Infusing a saltier saline solution during and after surgery decreases overall complication rate for a complex procedure, research shows. “This relatively minor change in intravenous fluids has had a ...

Upping the saline and cutting the fluid volume has a pronounced effect on the rate of complications after pancreatic surgery, new research shows. Investigators found that using a hypertonic saline ...

Patients with a severe traumatic brain injury (and not in shock because of blood loss) who received out-of-hospital administration of hypertonic fluids (a solution with increased concentration of ...

From the Cardiac Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Sprague — Visiting Physician and Research Director, House of the Good Samaritan. Camp — Cardiac Resident and Dalton Scholar, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The mean number of pulmonary exacerbations did not significantly differ among those receiving vs. not receiving ...

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Adequate hydration via a saline drip is essential during surgery, but recent reports suggest that getting the balance of salt and water just right could have an important impact on ...

From the Cardiac Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Sprague — Visiting Physician and Research Director, House of the Good Samaritan. Camp — Cardiac Resident and Dalton Scholar, ...