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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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Journal Club Potassium

Do patients need to avoid potassium sorbate if we are worried about hyperkalemia?

February 1, 2024February 2, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Based on research I did in my PhD potassium sorbate is the most common potassium based additive. In fact, it accounted for almost 50% of

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Journal Club Phosphorus Potassium Protein

Diet Recommendations for Adults Living with Kidney Disease after Bariatric Surgery

January 31, 2024January 31, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

CKD is more prevalent than diabetes among adults living with obesity.  Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity.  Furthermore, for adults with CKD

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Hyperkalemia Assessments Potassium RD Q&A

Do I really need to call my patient with a K of 5.2mmol/L?

January 21, 2024January 21, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

It’s fat stack Friday. Unfortunately in healthcare, that means I am not talking about a fat stack of pancakes. Fat stack Friday for dietitians means

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Hyperkalemia Assessments Journal Club Potassium RD Q&A

The Hyperkalemia Dilemma: Can fruits and vegetables pose a risk?

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

If you know me, then you know that I my goal is to get bananas off the potassium handout. And by that I mean, I

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