title: Glomerulotubular function in patients undergoing moderate surgical stress.
abstract: Glomerular function and renal tubular function assessed by measurements of creatinine clearance rates (CCR), lithium clearance rates (CLi, and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) enzymuria were measured immediately prior to and within 24 h of operation (average operative time 150 min) in 16 patients undergoing a moderate surgical stress. Although serum creatinine concentrations and CCR were similar pre- and postsurgery at 105 +/- 21 and 108 +/- 21 mumol/L and 108 +/- 67 and 110 +/- 59 mL/min/100 kg body weight (mean +/- SD), respectively, both CLi and NAG were significantly increased following the surgical insult. CLi was increased from 19.7 +/- 6.1 to 31.7 +/- 16.7 mL/min/100 kg (p less than 0.01) and NAG from 71 +/- 58 to 164 +/- 10 U/mmol urinary creatinine (p less than 0.001). In addition, the absolute distal tubular reabsorption of sodium and water increased from 18.3 +/- 5.9 and 15.8 +/- 9.7 to 30.6 +/- 16.4 and 27.6 +/- 12.2 mL/min/100 kg body weight (both p less than 0.05), respectively. These results indicate early postoperative renal tubular dysfunction following a moderate surgical stress, undetected by conventional screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Rothnie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Broom
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Keenan
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Whiting
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D016651:Lithium Carbonate