Outcomes for the nebulised hypertonic saline group and the standard care group in patients with severe bronchiolitis (Wang Score>8)
| Nebulised hypertonic saline n=15 | Standard care n=14 | P values | |
| Primary outcome | |||
| Hospital length of stay (hours) | |||
| Mean (95% CI) | 66 (43 to 88) | 72 (48 to 95) | 0.7* |
| Secondary outcomes | |||
| Duration oxygen therapy (hours) | |||
| Mean (SD) (95% CI) | 46 (22 to 69) | 54 (35 to 73) | 0.6* |
| Racemic epinephrine nebulisation rescue therapy N (%) | 3 (5) | 6 (2.3) | 0.4† |
| Transfers to paediatric intensive care unit N (%) | 0 (0) | 2 (7) | 0.5† |
| Patients admitted within 7 days after discharge N (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | NA |
*Willcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.
†Fischer’s exact test.