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The kidney in sickle cell anemia.

E Bourke1

  • 1Department of Medicine, VAMC Brooklyn, New York.

Journal of the Association for Academic Minority Physicians : the Official Publication of the Association for Academic Minority Physicians
|January 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

Sickle cell anemia causes kidney damage, particularly in the renal medulla, yet offers protection against hypertension. Further research is needed to understand this hematorenal syndrome.

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Area of Science:

  • Nephrology
  • Hematology
  • Molecular Epidemiology

Background:

  • Sickle cell anemia (SCA) pathophysiology involves complex renal changes.
  • Understanding SCA nephropathy predictors and modifiers is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Analyze clinicopathologic knowledge of SCA-related nephropathy.
  • Investigate predilection to nephropathy and hypertension protection in SCA.
  • Examine altered renal physiology in SCA.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current clinicopathologic knowledge.
  • Analysis of physical chemistry and molecular epidemiology insights.
  • Discussion of altered renal physiology and its impact.

Main Results:

  • Early SCA stages show impaired renal medulla function (concentration, acidification, potassium excretion).
  • Renal cortex functions supranormally with increased renal plasma flow and GFR.
  • Complications include hematuria, papillary necrosis, and renal insufficiency, with poorer prognosis in adults.

Conclusions:

  • SCA nephropathy has distinct early renal medulla and cortex functional changes.
  • A subgroup of patients develops renal insufficiency, with adults facing a poor prognosis.
  • The protective effect against hypertension warrants further investigation in this hematorenal syndrome.

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