What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of salt and/or fluid restriction in people with heart failure?
The decision on whether to advise salt and fluid restriction in patients with heart failure is complicated. There is currently variation in practice on what advice patients are given by health professionals and consequently confusion and uncertainty among patients about whether salt and fluid restriction is beneficial. Stakeholders identified this as a priority area for the guideline update, and the committee regarded this as an important aspect of patient care and education that required clarification. A review of new evidence published after 2010 was carried out in order to determine whether any changes to current recommendations where likely to be required. For more information on the clinical and cost effectiveness of salt and/or fluid restriction in people with heart failure, please refer to Appendix A of the 2003 guideline 'Chronic Heart Failure Treating Heart Failure' published by NICE in 2018.