High Salt Intake Linked to Increased Risk for Kidney Disease
Reducing the frequency of salt additions to meals could contribute to lowering CKD risk in the general population, the authors speculated.
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Reducing the frequency of salt additions to meals could contribute to lowering CKD risk in the general population, the authors speculated.
Current HFA-ESC guidelines for diuretics in acute heart failure led to significant increases in natriuresis and diuresis over 2 days compared with usual care, in ENACT-HF.
Reducing dining out during the pandemic resulted in lowered levels of sodium and calcium in the urine in patients with a history of kidney stones.
It may seem counterintuitive, but a new trial testing extra sodium intake in patients receiving high-dose IV diuretics for acute HF challenges routine use of salt restriction in that setting.
Results of a new TOPCAT analysis point to the need to determine the optimal salt restriction range for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.