Variable change in renal function by hypertonic saline

Table 3 Correlations between Cl^-, Na⁺ and Cr

	Na+ and Cr			Cl- and Cr
Population	n	Corr	P value	n	Corr	P value
Overall	230	0.025	0.63	229	0.074	0.16
Saline type
23.40%	22	0.037	0.58	22	0.042	0.65
3%	13	0.256	0.26	13	0.181	0.43
NS/LR	194	0.026	0.65	194	0.097	0.09
Diagnosis type
ICH	89	0.145	0.10	89	0.058	0.55
Other	53	0.096	0.09	53	0.287	< 0.001
SAH	50	0.125	0.08	50	0.085	0.28
Stroke	28	0.187	< 0.001	28	0.185	0.001
TBI	10	0.447	0.048	10	0.361	0.1

NS/LR: Normal saline/ringer’s lactate; ICH: Intracerebral hemorrhage; TBI: Traumatic brain injury; SAH: Subarachnoid hemorrhage.