TY - JOUR
T1 - Unlearning outdated practices
T2 - Using the evidence to deliver better patient care
AU - Clark, Robyn A.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - Recently, while attending the EuroHeartCare conference in Milan, Italy (May 2-4, 2019), I was very impressed by a poster from my colleagues van der Wal and Jaarsma.1 The poster presented a survey of 168 nurses in the Netherlands who cared for patients with heart failure (HF) and asked about the practice of fluid and sodium restriction.1 Although a widespread and well-established practice, there is little evidence for fluid and sodium restriction in patients with stable HF. Recent guidelines (2016) from the European Society of Cardiology recommend that patients with HF should avoid excessive fluid and salt intake, but that fluid restriction of 1500–2000 mL per day should be considered only in patients with severe HF to relieve symptoms and congestion.2
AB - Recently, while attending the EuroHeartCare conference in Milan, Italy (May 2-4, 2019), I was very impressed by a poster from my colleagues van der Wal and Jaarsma.1 The poster presented a survey of 168 nurses in the Netherlands who cared for patients with heart failure (HF) and asked about the practice of fluid and sodium restriction.1 Although a widespread and well-established practice, there is little evidence for fluid and sodium restriction in patients with stable HF. Recent guidelines (2016) from the European Society of Cardiology recommend that patients with HF should avoid excessive fluid and salt intake, but that fluid restriction of 1500–2000 mL per day should be considered only in patients with severe HF to relieve symptoms and congestion.2
KW - Heart failure
KW - fluid and salt intake
KW - research evidence
KW - clinical care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068160566&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.11124/JBISRIR-D-19-00189
DO - 10.11124/JBISRIR-D-19-00189
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 31192895
AN - SCOPUS:85068160566
SN - 2202-4433
VL - 17
SP - 1016
EP - 1017
JO - JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
JF - JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
IS - 6
ER -