title: Estimation of glomerular filtration rate in the miniature pig by kidney uptake on the gamma camera.
abstract: Measurement of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by the renal uptake of 99Tcm-diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid (99Tcm-DTPA) in the miniature pig was compared to that by plasma disappearance of 99Tcm-DTPA using multiple blood samples. Nineteen animals were examined under identical conditions. There was a highly significant relationship between the two tests, r = 0.88, P less than 0.001, although the uptake method gave consistently higher results than those obtained from plasma disappearance. Reproducibility of the uptake method was also assessed in this group of animals by performing two consecutive renograms. Confidence limits of 95% were +/- 7.5% or 0.7 ml min-1 kg-1. The test is useful for the serial examination of single kidney GFR on follow-up renography but is unlikely to replace disappearance techniques as a more accurate means of GFR estimation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kelleher
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Snell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate