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Potassium supplements help replace potassium your body as lost. This can happen if you take a water pill (diuretic), or because of a medical condition. Read on for tips on how to take potassium, as well as safety advice.

After peripheral artery bypass surgery, plan on being in the hospital for about 3 to 8 days. The length of your stay depends on the type of bypass you have, your health, and how you respond to surgery.

These tests can help diagnose a brain aneurysm.

Your hospital stay depends on the amount of damage caused by the aneurysm, your health, and your response to treatment and therapy. Your health care team will monitor how well treatment has worked and will decide whether you need rehabilitation.

An aneurysm may have affected your loved one’s body functions, skills, and emotions. They may move on to a skilled nursing facility, a rehabilitation center, or go home and return for therapy as an outpatient.

Sometimes an injury damages the part of the brain that controls balance, sight, or hearing. Or memory loss may keep a person from remembering certain sights, sounds, smells, or tastes. Some people have trouble handling abstract ideas, like time, or they may simply lose track of what they are doing.

Learn about the problems that may need a craniotomy.

As your surgery nears, you may wonder about your future health care needs. You may also have questions about how to prepare for your craniotomy. This information can help.

Learn what to expect the day of your surgery.