Measurement of glomerular filtration rate in homozygous sickle cell disease: a comparison of 51Cr-EDTA clearance, creatinine clearance, serum creatinine and beta 2 microglobulin.

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Abstract
Glomerular filtration rates (GFR) were measured with 51Cr-EDTA in 38 patients (aged 40-75 years) with homozygous sickle cell disease and compared with serum .beta.2 microglobulin concentrations in 38 patients and with creatinine clearance in 21 patients. GFR estimated with 51Cr-EDTA was closely correlated with single serum creatinine measurements and the inverse of serum .beta.2 microglobulin. Creatinine clearance was also found to be correlated, but values were, on average, 32% below those obtained by the 51Cr-EDTA method, and this difference was significant. It is concluded that measurements of .beta.2 microglobulin, single serum creatinine, and creatinine clearance are valuable indicators of GER in homozygous sickle cell disease. Measurement of .beta.2 microglobulin was a useful and reliable method of estimating GRF from single plasma measurements and is therefore a useful means of screening the population.