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Editorial
. 2022 May 25;4(7):100489.
doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100489. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Potassium-Enriched Salt to Lower Stroke Risk: A #NephJC Editorial on the SSaSS Study

Yoshinosuke Shimamura  1 , Michael Turk  2 , Md Abdul Qader  3 , Shweta Shah  4 , Joel M Topf  5 , Swapnil Hiremath  6
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Editorial

Potassium-Enriched Salt to Lower Stroke Risk: A #NephJC Editorial on the SSaSS Study

Yoshinosuke Shimamura et al. Kidney Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: #NephJC; Hypertension; Twitter journal club; potassium; sodium; stroke.

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Figure 1
(A) Spirited discussion about the mechanism of effect of sodium or potassium given the small magnitude of change in sodium. (B) Need to embrace the benefit of potassium, which is otherwise a bad player in dialysis.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Two somewhat contrary takes on the same trial: (A) promising results that will save lives, and (B) underwhelmed about study utility and validity in the United States.
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