Sodium restrictions in heart failure
Date Added:
January 27, 2025
Journal/Publication:
Canadian Family Physician
Publication Date:
January 1, 2025
Issue:
1
Volume:
71
Pages:
41
Type:
Meta-analyses, Reviews, and Guidelines
Format:
Article
DOI (1):
10.46747/cfp.710141
PMID (1):
39843182
Abstract
Clinical question
Does sodium restriction improve outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF)?
Bottom line
In patients with CHF, restricting dietary sodium to less than 2 g/day does not reduce death or hospitalization compared with 2 to 3 g/day.
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RPR Commentary
Dietary sodium intake of less than 2 gm per day is no better than 2 - 3 gm per day for reducing hospitalizations or death. James W. Mold, MD, MPH