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Hyperkalemia Therapy to Enable Optimal Cardiorenal Interventions

May 16, 2024May 19, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

This is a summary of a presentation I watched at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting. Speakers: Kam Kalantar-Zadeh MD, Kristin Larson NP, Wei

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Potassium

Potassium Additives: What we know and what we don’t

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Last night I was in the poster hall and talked to folks about my poster. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! My poster talk When

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Blog Potassium

The Role of Dietary Potassium and Fibre Intake on Kidney Health

May 15, 2024May 19, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

My first post from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting! Writing from Long Beach California, this morning I attended a presentation on potassium and

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Hyperkalemia Assessments Potassium RD Q&A

How do ostomies impact serum potassium levels?

May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Given that constipation is known to contribute to hyperkalemia risk and many ostomies are associated with increased fecal volume, the most well-known impact is hypokalemia.

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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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Journal Club Nutrition Research Methods Potassium

Do high potassium diets cause hyperkalemia?

April 21, 2024April 25, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

In nutrition, feeding studies are one of the best ways for researchers to investigate cause and effect relationships. I think of it as akin to

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Journal Club Nutrition Research Methods Potassium

A deeper dive into urine K in CKD

April 13, 2024April 13, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

As a continuation of this post, I am taking a closer look at two feeding studies. Both studies report data on dietary potassium intake and

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Journal Club Nutrition Research Methods Potassium

Can you trust measures of urine potassium?

April 6, 2024April 6, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

This is another post for my Nutrition Research Method series. These posts review the methods used in research to estimate what people are actually eating. 

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Journal Club Potassium

What can AI tell us about hyperkalemia outcomes?

March 29, 2024March 30, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

On the same track as my previous post about artificial intelligence, I am continuing in the trend by reviewing an article that looked that predictors

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Journal Club Potassium

What does hyperkalemia, low hemoglobin and artificial intelligence have in common?

March 28, 2024March 27, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

They were all discussed in today’s journal article! There is growing recognition that the causes of hyperkalemia are multi-factorial. This has increased the encouragement for

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