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March 2023

National High Potassium Awareness Day article: Dale Rogers

March 31, 2023
Deb Pelaez
A Patient’s Experience with Medication-Related High PotassiumAAKP Board Member and Ambassador Dale Rogers is a two-time kidney transplant recipient and like many other kidney patients, has struggled with high potassium (also known as hyperkalemia). For AAKP’s National High Potassium Awareness Day “Are You O-K+?
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Author Deb PelaezPosted on March 31, 2023March 31, 2023Categories Our Blog

High Potassium in Chronic Kidney Disease: Causes, Consequences, and Corrections

March 31, 2023
Deb Pelaez
By Anne Rossi, Renal DietitianLiving with chronic kidney disease (CKD) puts you at risk for high potassium, known as hyperkalemia. A challenge of diagnosing high potassium is that you may not feel or recognize any symptoms until it is too late, and your heart health could worsen because of the effects.
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Author Deb PelaezPosted on March 31, 2023March 31, 2023Categories Our Blog

Patient Profile: Christine Hernandez, RN

March 23, 2023
Deb Pelaez
Dialysis patient and AAKP Ambassador, Christine, shares her high potassium tips.In 2016, Christine Hernandez was a busy mom working as a registered nurse, a career she loved.
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Author Deb PelaezPosted on March 23, 2023March 23, 2023Categories Dialysis, Our Blog

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