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Journal Club Nutrition Research Methods Phosphorus

Phosphorus Additives: How Much and Where?

September 7, 2024September 7, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Understanding how much phosphorus additives we eat is becoming an increasingly asked question. With current labeling laws, producers do not have to declare how much

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Hyperkalemia Assessments Journal Club Potassium

How does sodium, aldosterone and renin interact with potassium balance?

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

The balance of potassium in the body is under the influence of several factors. I reviewed the impact of both insulin and adrenaline in this

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Hyperkalemia Assessments Journal Club Potassium

Is this potassium additive one my patient’s need to worry about?

August 12, 2024September 16, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

I recently had a paper accepted in the Journal of Renal Nutrition! The paper is: Potassium Food Additives and Dietary Management of Serum Potassium: Proposed

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Journal Club Phosphorus Potassium

Can your patient’s water impact their CO2 levels?

August 5, 2024September 16, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

I have talked a lot about metabolic acidosis and the impact of diet to help correct CO2 levels, but what about beverages?  Can what people

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Hyperkalemia Assessments Journal Club Potassium

Unexplained hyperkalemia? Have you checked out their platelets?

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

In today’s post I am reviewing three case study that explored pseudohyperkalemia for people living with thrombocytosis.  What is pseudohyperkalemia? According to the article, pseudohyperkalemia

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Journal Club Protein

What are the nutrition recommendations for nephrotic syndrome?

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Today’s post is a summary of Chapter 28 in the 4th Edition of Nutritional Management of Kidney Disease, published in 2022. What is nephrotic syndrome?

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2024 KDIGO Guidelines Journal Club Phosphorus

What new recommendations were made with regards to bone disease and gout?

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Bone Mineral Disease There were no new practice points made for managing Bone Mineral Disorders of CKD. Instead readers are referred back to the 2017

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2024 KDIGO Guidelines Journal Club Potassium

What does KDIGO recommend for potassium?

April 30, 2024April 25, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

My favourite topic – Hyperkalemia!  There are some excellent points in this section. For repeat visitors to my blog, you will know that: So let’s

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2024 KDIGO Guidelines Journal Club

What does KDIGO recommend for sodium and metabolic acidosis?

April 27, 2024April 25, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

I am combining the recommendations and practice points for sodium and metabolic acidosis in today’s post, because there is some overlap here. What are the

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2024 KDIGO Guidelines Journal Club Protein

Are low protein diets recommended in the 2024 KDIGO guidelines?

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

As a continuation of my 2024 KDIGO Guidelines series and my Low Protein Diet Series – this post will go over what the guidelines have

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