After several days, the patient was put into a full-sized bathtub filled with warm, sterile, slightly hypertonic saline solution. After a few minutes of soaking with the dressings undisturbed ...

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.

While we've seen antibacterial wound dressings before, Italian scientists have taken the idea to new extremes. They've ...

The Role of HTS in the Subacute Phase of Head-Injury Care Questions about how long to continue HTS therapy have not been definitively resolved. Most studies of HTS have only examined its effects ...

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 ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A nationwide saline shortage is hitting emergency management services, wound care facilities and more in our area. Because of this, Escambia County Emergency Medical Services ...

A carnation-like nanostructure could someday be used in bandages to promote wound healing. Researchers report that laboratory tests of their nanoflower-coated dressings demonstrate antibiotic, ...

A MUM developed a flesh-eating disease while breastfeeding, just days after her baby was born. The 30-year-old, who gave birth via C-section, began noticing issues with her left breast three days ...

SALINE, MI - A new change in who can use which locker rooms at the Saline Recreation Center sparked some conversation at Saline City Council’s Monday night meeting. Saline City Council adopted ...