
Cystic Fibrosis treatment: Hypertonic Saline Questions
These question were posed by CysticFibrosis.com and answered by: Michael McPeck, RRT Respiratory Therapist What is hypertonic saline (HTS)? HTS is sterile water into which common salt (sodium chloride, NaCl) has been dissolved. The degree of salinity, or salt concentration must be greater than 0.9% in order to be …