Hypertonic solutions have more dissolved stuff (like salt) than the inside of cells, causing water to leave the cells and ...

In science, people commonly use the terms "hypertonic" and "hypotonic" when describing the concentration of solute particles in solutions. But what exactly is the difference when it comes to ...

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. HTS may ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...