title: The engymetric determination of acute functional impairment in kidney graft function caused by cyclosporine A.
abstract: Engymetry offers a new means of continuously measuring nuclear radiation fields without any need of restricting the patient's mobility. In this study, kidney function was measured simultaneously and continuously for 6.6 h with engymetry, after application of a 12 h therapy dose of Cyclosporine A (CsA) of 4.0 +/- 1.8 mg per kg bodyweight (bw). 15 kidney transplanted patients participated in this study. 370 MBq 99Tcm-DTPA and 10 MBq 131I-OIH were injected during routine transplant scintigraphy. Renal function was monitored from the external disappearance curves of the tracers recorded by portable double radionuclide detectors. Renal impairment could be seen in the rising phase of CsA or coincided with the CsA maximum in 13 of the 15 patients. Under the impairment the half-life of 99Tcm-DTPA increased from 4.1 +/- 1.2 to 15.9 +/- 12.3 h (p less than 0.005) for 61 +/- 45 min and the half-life of 131I-OIH increased from 3.2 +/- 0.7 to 12.7 +/- 8.4 h (p less than 0.001) for 71 +/- 37 min. With noninvasive engymetry it is possible to detect renal functional impairment during long observation periods. Acute restriction in glomerular filtration and renal blood flow was discovered in human kidney graft recipients after the application of a low therapeutic CsA dose.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate