Short-Term Potassium Lowering Advice For In-patients

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1 University Teaching Trust Short-Term Potassium Lowering Advice For In-patients Ladywell Building Dietetic Department All Rights Reserved Document for issue as handout.

2 Name: Why have I been given this information? How long should I follow this advice? Dietitian: renal.dietitians@srft.nhs.uk You have been given this information booklet because the level of potassium in your blood has been high recently. This information is to help you reduce the level of potassium in your blood while you are in hospital. What is potassium? Potassium is a mineral found in many foods and drinks. Your kidneys control the amount of potassium in your blood. You should not follow this advice for more than 3 days without speaking to a Dietitian, it is only meant as short-term advice. There may be a temporary cause of the high potassium or you may need different dietary advice for a long-term low potassium diet at home. Your nurse or doctor should refer you for advice from a dietitian when they give you this information. When your kidneys are not working properly or if you are taking certain medications the potassium level in the blood can rise. High levels of potassium in the blood can be dangerous as it can have an effect on your heart. 1 2

3 Help with choosing your hospital meals: Choose the RENAL options from menu, coded with R Ask the housekeeper on your ward to view the menu. Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Desserts Weetabix* Cornflakes* Rice Krispies* Toast * Please consider the amount of milk on cereal - see milk allowance Boiled or mashed potatoes MAX once a day Vegetables OR salad Plain cakes - sponge, madeira, Swiss roll Cheese & crackers Jelly Fruit pot - without the juice MAX once a day: Ice cream OR Milky pudding OR Yogurt Ready Brek Bran Flakes Jacket potatoes Chips Roast potatoes Puddings or desserts with dried fruit, chocolate or nuts Snacks Drinks Plain biscuits Water Squash or cordial Tea Coffee MAX once a day Milk - MAX 1 / 2 pint (300mls) per day - allowance to be included in milk on cereal & drinks Biscuits or cakes with chocolate, dried fruit, nuts or coffee Fruit Juice - orange juice Additional milk (other than that in cereals and tea / coffee) Hot chocolate Milky coffee Ovaltine Horlicks 3 4

4 Food and snacks brought in from home / visitors / bought from shop Notes Breakfast Drinks Fruit Plain cakes, biscuits and crackers Corn or wheat based snacks Popcorn Boiled and jelly sweets Mints Marshmallows Fizzy, flavoured and soda water Fizzy drinks Herbal and Fruit tea Limit additional fruit to MAX 1-2 per day: 1 medium apple 1 tangerine or satsuma 2 small plums 1 medium pear 1 handful of grapes 1 handful of berries All cakes, biscuits or cereal bars containing dried fruit, nuts or chocolate Chocolate bars Potato crisps Toffee, fudge and liquorice Nuts and seeds Any additional vegetables or salad Fruit juice, orange juice Milkshakes Smoothies Bananas Dried fruit - figs, apricots, raisins, prunes Kiwi Blackcurrants Avocado Some of these foods may be high in salt, sugar or phosphate and you should speak to a Dietitian for more advice. 5 6

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