Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways A potassium blood test measures the potassium level in your blood to ...

Swedish investigators looked at potassium levels and all-cause mortality in HFrEF patients at 30 days, 12 months, and 5 years. Over all 3 time frames, the sweet spot in terms of lowest hazard risk for ...

Targeting high-normal potassium levels reduced the risk of arrhythmias, hospitalization for heart failure or arrhythmia and death compared with no intervention, according to late-breaking research ...

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 ...

"The clinical implication of this finding is that among those that present with hyperkalemia it’s important to lower the potassium level to just the ‘right’ amount—between 4.1 and 5.5 mmol/L—and not ...

The causes of a decline in the serum level of potassium from a normal of around 5.0 milliequiv. per liter to levels of 3.0 milliequiv. or less are varied. It has long been known that during acidosis, ...

Low to low-normal serum potassium concentrations were associated with worse survival, investigators also reported. In patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) transitioning to dialysis, ...

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 ...

The currently spreading COVID-19 pandemic has been found to present in various ways, often with respiratory symptoms, but also with significant gut symptoms, skin symptoms, and in critical illness, ...

Many foods contain magnesium and potassium, two minerals that are important to heart health, bone health, muscle function, ...

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, ...