128
Participants
Start Date
March 1, 2016
Primary Completion Date
May 30, 2017
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2017
Normal saline
The normal saline will be divided in 3ml aliquots that will be preserved in the pharmacy refrigerator between 2 and 60\[0\]C. Once a patient had been randomized, 6 aliquots would be prepared daily until the end of the trial.
Hypertonic saline
The mixture (500 ml Sodium Chloride 0.9% with 60 ml Sodium chloride 20%) will be divided in 3ml aliquots that will be preserved in the pharmacy refrigerator between 2 and 60\[0\]C. Once a patient had been randomized, 6 aliquots would be prepared daily until the end of the trial.
Makassed General Hospital, Beirut
Makassed General Hospital
OTHER