A Study of Hypertonic Saline for Infants Hospitalized With Bronchiolitis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if nebulized hypertonic saline (or extra salty water mist) helps infants less than 12 months old hospitalized with bronchiolitis (or bad chest colds) get better enough to be discharged from the hospital sooner than those infants given nebulized normal saline (or regular salty water mist).

Timeline

Start

2011-11

Primary completion

2014-07

Completion

2015-08

Publications

• Silver AH, Esteban-Cruciani N, Azzarone G, Douglas LC, Lee DS, Liewehr S, Nazif JM, Agalliu I, Villegas S, Rhim HJ, Rinke ML, O'Connor K. 3% Hypertonic Saline Versus Normal Saline in Inpatient Bronchiolitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2015 Dec;136(6):1036-43. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-1037. Epub 2015 Nov 9.

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