Impact of steam inhalation, saline gargling, and povidone-iodine gargling on clinical outcome of COVID-19 patients in Bengaluru, Karnataka: A randomized control trial

• Main Authors: Vani H Chalageri (Author), Shobha Bhushan (Author), S Saraswathi (Author), T S Ranganath (Author), V Devika Rani (Author), Sumanth Mallikarjuna Majgi (Author), Kariyappa Vijay (Author), M S Hema (Author), Shweta laxman Sanadi (Author), P M Nasreen (Author), K Md Shoyaib (Author), Iswarya Partheeban (Author), B Vanitha (Author), Neha D Souza (Author), Jyoti S Vaddatti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Context: In the absence of any specific treatment available for COVID-19, people started practicing traditional nonpharmacological preventive home remedies such as salt water gargling and steam inhalation. The available research evidence on some of these measures opines that steam inhalation, saline...