Potassium

WASHINGTON — Data presented here from the Dialysis Outcomes Practice Patterns Study indicated that patients who ate during their in-center hemodialysis treatments had higher serum albumin, higher potassium and lower phosphorus levels compared to patients who dialyzed at other clinics and did not eat during treatments.

CHICAGO — In this video exclusive, Cardiology Today Editorial Board Member Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH, discussed her Cardiometabolic Health Congress workshop on the role of potassium-binding agents in optimizing guideline-directed therapy for HF.

Researchers have developed a method for preparing potatoes that reduces potassium content, providing patients with chronic kidney disease the ability to safely incorporate potatoes into their diet.

SAN FRANCISCO — A hydration regimen guided by urine flow rate was superior to a strategy guided by left ventricular end-diastolic pressure for reducing contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing PCI, according to the results of the REMEDIAL III study.

PHILADELPHIA — Concomitant use of the potassium binder patiromer enabled more patients with resistant hypertension and advanced chronic kidney disease to continue treatment with spironolactone, with less hyperkalemia, according to new data from the AMBER trial presented at the Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Meeting.

In women prescribed spironolactone for acne, the rate of incident hyperkalemia at follow-up was significantly higher for those aged 46 to 65 years compared with those aged 18 to 45 years, warranting further serum potassium monitoring guidance and protocols, according to findings from International Journal of Women’s Dermatology.