"Potassium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An element that is in the alkali group of metals. It has an atomic symbol K, atomic number 19, and atomic weight 39.10. It is the chief cation in the intracellular fluid of muscle and other cells. Potassium ion is a strong electrolyte and it plays a significant role in the regulation of fluid volume and maintenance of the water-electrolyte balance.
MeSH Number(s)
D01.268.549.550
D01.552.528.652
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Potassium" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Potassium" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1994 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
1995 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
1996 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
1997 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
1998 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
1999 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
2000 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
2001 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
2002 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
2003 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
2004 | 3 | 17 | 20 |
2005 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
2006 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
2007 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
2008 | 5 | 21 | 26 |
2009 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2010 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
2011 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
2012 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
2013 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
2014 | 11 | 18 | 29 |
2015 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
2016 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
2017 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
2018 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
2019 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
2020 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
2021 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
2022 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
2023 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Potassium" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of pre-bypass ultrafiltration on prime values and clinical outcomes in neonatal and infant cardiopulmonary bypass. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2023 Dec; 55(4):175-184.
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The times they are K+-changin': bringing the potassium curriculum out of the 20th century. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2024 Mar 01; 33(2):186-191.
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Sodium and potassium consumption in Jamaica: National estimates and associated factors from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2016-2017. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Oct 06; 102(40):e35308.
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Dietary Sodium Reduction Is Best for Reducing Blood Pressure: Controversies in Hypertension. Hypertension. 2024 Mar; 81(3):510-515.
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Age-appropriate potassium clearance from perinatal cerebrospinal fluid depends on choroid plexus NKCC1. Fluids Barriers CNS. 2023 Jun 16; 20(1):45.
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Less sodium, more potassium, or both: population-wide strategies to prevent hypertension. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2023 07 01; 325(1):F99-F104.
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Potassium: To Add or to Replace…That Is the Question. Hypertension. 2023 05; 80(5):966-968.
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Outcomes in patients with cardiometabolic disease who develop hyperkalemia while treated with a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor. Am Heart J. 2023 04; 258:49-59.
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Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system function in the pig-to-baboon kidney xenotransplantation model. Am J Transplant. 2023 03; 23(3):353-365.
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Potassium reduction with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate in patients with heart failure. ESC Heart Fail. 2023 04; 10(2):1066-1076.