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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
The clearance of inulin, creatinine and radioactive tracers from the blood may be used to measure glomerular filtration rate (GFR). These techniques, however, are usually invasive and time-consuming. Although the clearance of a radioactive tracer is usually applied in nuclear medicine for the determination of GFR, it is also possible to convert the concentration of the tracer in the kidneys to absolute GFR by means of a regression equation. As this new technique is much faster, we have compared it with the conventional technique. A good correlation was found with the standard radionuclide techniques (r = 0.91), but the reference method was under-estimated on the average by 14 ml/min. The new regression equation derived in our clinic will ensure future accurate GFR measurements within 6 minutes.
pubmed:language
afr
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0256-9574
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
266-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[A comparison of three different techniques for measuring glomerular filtration rate].
pubmed:affiliation
Departement Biofisika en Kerngeneeskunde, Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat, Bloemfontein.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract