Deb Pelaez

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

March 31, 2023

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.

March 23, 2023

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.

February 28, 2023

Mr. Hickey is an attorney with O’Melveny & Myers, an international 800-lawyer firm with 15 offices in the world’s financial and political centers. He is a member of the Litigation Department and Director of the firm’s eDiscovery staff attorneys, a role in which he leads all O’Melveny staff attorney operations firmwide.

February 28, 2023

Clifton Agee is a dialysis patient with a passion for helping people. Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he had many positive role models that influenced his desire to help others.One of these role models includes his mother, Vera, who worked as an in-home childcare provider.

February 28, 2023

Having to go to the hospital due to an emergency is always stressful for kidney patients and their loved ones. Aside from the acute problem or illness one is suddenly dealing with, patients voice additional apprehensions when they’re forced into going to the emergency room (ER).

December 22, 2022

By Victoria Newman Green, MS, RD, CCTD, Transplant Dietitian at UCHealthIt is almost that time of year to celebrate the holidays! Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and New Years are approaching quickly. These are the times when we enjoy delicious foods and are able to be with the people we love.

December 22, 2022

Richard Knight shares some thoughts as his term as AAKP President ends. It has been more than an honor to have you serve as President of the AAKP. Can you share with us what inspired you to get involved with the organization back in 2008? In 2008, I worked with Network 5’s Patient Advisory Committee (PAC).

December 21, 2022

Candie Gagne has lived and seen kidney disease from all sides. She is a healthcare professional, a former dialysis patient, and a current kidney transplant recipient. She is a former caregiver to her late husband, Thom, who was on dialysis, and her daughter, Paige, is a living kidney donor.Candie grew up in a military family.

December 21, 2022

An Interview with: Wendy St. Peter, PharmD, FASN, FCCP, FNKFWendy St. Peter, PharmD, FASN, FCCP, FNKF, is a Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. Dr. St. Peter serves as the Director of the AKHOMM Initiative.

December 8, 2022

By Stephen Z.

Deb Pelaez

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

Patient Profile: Christine Hernandez, RN

Interview with Newly-Elected AAKP President Edward V. Hickey, III

Patient Profile: Clifton Agee, AAKP Ambassador

Be Prepared: What Kidney Patients Should Know Before Going into the Hospital

Holiday Eating Tips

A Special Tribute to Richard Knight: AAKP President 2018-2022

Patient Profile: Gitthaline (Candie) Gagne

AAKP Innovator Series: Advancing Kidney Health Through Optimal Medication Management

HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDANCE FOR PATIENTS READY TO TRAVEL