Saline solution, also called isotonic solution, is a mixture of table salt and water. Normal saline includes 0.9% salt — this salt concentration is similar to that in your tears, blood ...

and hypertonic saline cannot be recommended over 0.9% sodium chloride injection or lactated Ringer's solution at this time. Of note, patients with burns were excluded from the two studies funded ...

The researchers individually tested 21 different pacemakers in a tank containing 0.9% saline solution—a system that electrically simulates the environment of a pacemaker in a patient.