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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
Up to now, no studies have been performed in normal humans to investigate the role of renal hemodynamic abnormalities in relation to acute-cyclosporin A (CsA) renal dysfunction and to verify whether the specific renal vasodilator, dopamine, can counteract these abnormalities. Eight normal subjects were examined both (A) after oral CsA (12 mg/kg body wt) and (B) after oral CsA + dopamine infusion (2 mg/kg body wt/min), under water diuresis. Both in protocols A and in B, four basal renal clearances were performed before CsA and every twenty minutes for four hours after CsA administration. In protocol A, after CsA, inulin (GFR) and PAH clearance (RPF) fell by up to 27% and to 41%, respectively, so that filtration fraction (FF) increased (P less than 0.01). A slight (not significant) hypertension occurred while renal resistances were markedly raised (P less than 0.001). Fractional urine and Na+ excretion as well as CH2O decreased, while UOsm increased (P less than 0.01). In protocol B, dopamine was infused from 120 to 180 minutes after CsA (that is, when the maximal adverse effects of CsA on renal hemodynamics had been observed in A). Dopamine infusion could reverse completely the effects of CsA on RPF, GFR, fractional urine output and CH2O; only UOsm remained higher than normal in conclusion with an increased fractional excretion of sodium (P less than 0.01). No changes were observed in plasma renin activity, aldosterone and in urinary epinephrine and norepinephrine excretion both in protocols.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0085-2538
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
1086-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute cyclosporine renal dysfunction reversed by dopamine infusion in healthy subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine of Catanzaro, University of Reggio Catabria, Naples, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article