Potassium resources for health professionals
Help your patients manage high potassium
High potassium or hyperkalemia is a serious condition that may be life threatening. If your patient has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, they may be at increased risk for high potassium. These guidelines are designed to help your patient work with their health care team to manage and treat high potassium levels.
View and download guides for patients
Below you will find trusted resources - videos, guides, booklets, and engagement tools - curated from our Beyond Bananas education campaign to help you get the conversation started.
Watch our webinar to understand both the physical and financial burden of high potassium.
Download and learn about the impact of potassium on your kidneys.
Download and learn more about hyperkalemia with this infographic.
Watch our video to learn how appropriate hyperkalemia (high potassium) management through use of binders may allow for more flexibility in one's diet choices.
Download this guide to learn about the amount of potassium in many common foods.
Download this potassium tracker to record the amount of potassium in foods and log the time of potassium binder intake.
Download and learn more about managing high potassium with potassium binders.
Check out our collection of recipes that are low in potassium.
Download a helpful guide which shows examples of foods that are low or high in potassium.
Download this food guide for a list of "double whammy" food items with both 150 mg of phosphorus and 200 mg of potassium or more per serving.
Download this food guide for a list of "double win" food items that have less than 100 mg phosphorus and 150 mg potassium per serving.
Download this guide to understand food labels, which are full of important information about what you eat and drink.
Watch our webinar to learn about the connection between potassium and kidney disease from a nephrologist and kidney expert.
