Role of dietary sodium restriction in chronic heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary sodium restriction remains a guidelines-approved lifestyle recommendation for chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. However, its efficacy in clinical outcome improvement is dubious.

Objective

The study evaluated whether dietary sodium restriction in CHF reduces clinical events.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of the following databases: Academic Search Ultimate, ERIC, Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition, MEDLINE, Embase, Clinicaltrials.gov and Cochrane Library (trials) to find studies analysing the impact of sodium restriction in the adult CHF population. Both observational and interventional studies were included. Exclusion criteria included i.e.: sodium consumption assessment based only on natriuresis, in-hospital interventions or mixe

SUBMITTER: Urban S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11371846 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature