A new trial investigating high-normal serum potassium levels for people at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias delivered promising results. Compared to a control group, people with these elevated ...

Madrid, Spain – 29 August 2025: Targeting high-normal potassium levels reduced the risk of arrhythmias, hospitalisation for heart failure or arrhythmia and death compared with no intervention, ...

This prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) demonstrated that, compared with a reactive strategy of potassium supplementation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In adult patients on hemodialysis, a low serum potassium level was associated with a 1.4-fold higher risk of ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Donohue • In the past you raised the subject of a high potassium reading and said it could come from the way blood was ...

LONDON, England—The common practice of administering potassium to keep levels up during CABG with the aim of preventing postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) doesn’t seem to be doing much good after ...