Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews · Acute Respiratory Infections

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Annual hospitalisation rates · infants up to 24 months of age with acute bronchiolitis

Nebulised hypertonic saline may leads to lower rate of hospitalisation compared with nebulised 0.9% saline (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Nebulised hypertonic saline solution for acute bronchiolitis in infants 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.87 [0.78, 0.97]
8 studies · 1760 participants
Low