Summary:
This observational study was done on 52 cases of predialysis
chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with
chronic anaemia. The aim of the study was to determine
the tissue iron status, comparison of the tissue iron with
serum iron profile and justification of giving iron in
chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on the basis of
serum iron profile. Bone marrow iron stain was done in
each case and compared with the serum iron profile. The
mean age of the patients was 46.8 + 12.6 years and the
mean haemoglobin and serum creatinine levels of the
study population were 9.36 + 2.13 gm/dl and 8.0 + 4.2
mg/dl respectively. Stainable iron deposits were present in
40 (77%) cases. The mean serum ferritin and transferin
saturation (TSAT) of the 52 cases were found to be 412.9
ng/ml and 28.3% and that for the 12 iron deficient cases
were 101.8 ng/ml and 23.8%. Over all normal (>100ng/ml