Hypertonic Saline Trial Information and Links (more information will be added as it becomes available) |
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This study involves ambulance patients and is in two parts - Study 1
is to see how a small amount of an IV fluid that has a higher
concentration of salt than normal may help patients who have lost
a significant amount of blood due to gunshot,
stabbing, or blunt trauma injuries. Study 2 also involves the higher salt concentration
IV fluid, but the patients involved
will be blunt trauma patients with a severe traumatic brain injury. Both
studies will be randomized trials comparing
hypertonic saline and a sugar (called dextran) mix, hypertonic saline alone,
and normal saline as the initial resuscitation
fluid administered to these patients in the prehospital setting. Neither
the paramedics administering the IV fluid nor
the patient will know which fluid he or she is receiving.
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