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When potassium strikes: five ways physicians can fight hyperkalemia

While many healthcare professionals understand the danger of kidney disease, and how critical the organ is in our everyday lives, few understand one of the serious conditions that occurs when kidneys deteriorate: hyperkalemia. Hyperkalemia is a silent, but treatable, killer. Alain Romero, vice president and head of medical and scientific affairs at Relypsa, sheds light on five things he wishes everyone knew about this condition.

CORRECTION: In Thursday’s Morning Rounds newsletter, due to a STAT editing error, we published this sponsor content article with an incorrect headline. The correct headline should be “When potassium strikes: five ways physicians can fight hyperkalemia.” Proofing and editorial accuracy is of the utmost importance to us, and we apologize for our error.

By Alain Romero, Vice President, Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs at Relypsa, a Vifor Pharma Group Co.