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Serum Potassium, Sodium, and Chloride Levels in Sickle Cell Disease Patients and Healthy Controls: A Case-Control Study at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

The activity of Na(+)-K(+) ATPase is altered in sickle cell disease (SCD), which affects serum electrolyte levels. This alteration is associated with several complications in sickle cell patients. This study evaluated the serum levels of sodium, potassium, and chloride in patients with SCD. The stud...

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Autores principales: Antwi-Boasiako, Charles, Kusi-Mensah, Yaw A, Hayfron-Benjamin, Charles, Aryee, Robert, Dankwah, Gifty Boatemaah, Abla, Kwawukume Lim, Owusu Darkwa, Ebenezer, Botchway, Felix Abekah, Sampene-Donkor, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6728659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31523130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1177271919873889
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Sumario:The activity of Na(+)-K(+) ATPase is altered in sickle cell disease (SCD), which affects serum electrolyte levels. This alteration is associated with several complications in sickle cell patients. This study evaluated the serum levels of sodium, potassium, and chloride in patients with SCD. The study was a case-control cross-sectional study involving 120 SCD patients in the steady state and 48 ‘healthy’ controls. The SCD patients were made up of 69 HbSS patients and 41 HbSC patients. Serum electrolyte levels (Na(+), K(+), and Cl(−)) were measured using a Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (Variant 240FS; Varian Australia Pty Ltd). Serum sodium levels were significantly lower in the sickle cell patients, compared with their ‘healthy’ counterparts (P = .0001). Although the study found significantly higher serum levels of potassium in the SCD patients (P = .0001), there was no significant difference in serum chloride levels between patients with SCD and the controls (P = .098). Serum sodium and chloride levels were not significantly different in both HbSS and HbSC patients (P = .197 and P = .553, respectively). The level of serum potassium in the HbSS patients was, however, significantly higher compared with those with the HbSC genotype (P = .0001). There is higher efflux of K(+) from the intracellular into the extracellular space in HbSS patients, which may lead to red cell membrane dysfunction and associated complications.