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ArticleKidney3602022

Hyperkalemia and Metabolic Acidosis Occur at a Higher eGFR in Sickle Cell Disease.

Santosh L Saraf, Vimal K Derebail, Xu Zhang, Roberto F Machado, Victor R Gordeuk, James P Lash, Jane Little

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Article in Kidney360, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hyperkalemia in Severe Burn Injuries: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Advances.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2026
    Review
  2. Management of Kidney Disease with Sickle Cell Disease.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2025
    Review
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  4. Sickle Cell Disease and CKD: An Update.American journal of nephrology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Santosh L SarafDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.ORCID 0000-0002-8584-4194
Vimal K DerebailDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Xu ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Roberto F MachadoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Victor R GordeukDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
James P LashDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Jane LittleDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
University of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement in Human Research Protections.UL1TR002003 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KARNIK, NIRANJAN SUBHASH, MERMELSTEIN, ROBIN J. · 2016 to 2024
$33.7M
Vascular Targeting Genomic & Genetic Strategies for Acute Chest SyndromeR01HL111656 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Roberto F. Machado · 2013 to 2026
$7.9M
Pathways of Cell-Free Hemoglobin in Sickle Cell NephropathyR01HL153161 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SARAF, SANTOSH · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
Health Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Mentoring ProgramK24DK092290 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI LASH, JAMES P. · 2012 to 2022
$1.9M
Cell-free Hemoglobin in Sickle Cell Acute Kidney InjuryR03HL146788 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SARAF, SANTOSH · 2019 to 2020
$160k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002003NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL111656NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL153161NHLBI NIH HHS R03 HL146788NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK092290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: People with sickle cell disease (SCD) have an elevated estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) compared with the general population, and this may alter the usual creatinine-based eGFR cutoffs for which physiologic evidence of kidney dysfunction is apparent. This study aimed to identify eGFR thresholds for hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis in patients with SCD. Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis of 733 patients with severe (hemoglobin SS or S Results: Hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis were more common in those with severe SCD genotype (13% and 21%, respectively) compared with the NHANES (0.3% and 5%, respectively); the prevalence rates in the moderate SCD genotype were intermediate for hyperkalemia (3%) and metabolic acidosis (11%). The proportion of patients with hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis progressively increased with lower eGFR category in both SCD genotype groups. The eGFR thresholds for hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis were higher in the severe (85 and 91 ml/min per 1.73 m Conclusions: We demonstrate that hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis are more common and occur at higher eGFR values in patients with SCD compared with age- and sex-matched African Americans, including in eGFR ranges considered to be normal. Future studies using redefined creatinine-based eGFR thresholds for abnormal kidney function may identify high-risk patients for earlier intervention strategies and referral for specialized renal care in SCD.

Indexed as

AcidosisAnemia, Sickle CellHyperkalemiaCreatinineCross-Sectional StudiesGlomerular Filtration RateHumansNutrition SurveysCreatinineacidosisbicarbonatechronic kidney diseaseestimated glomerular filtration ratehyperkalemiakidney diseasepotassiumsickle cell disease

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PMID35721605
PMCPMC9136900
OpenAlexW4210474616

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