Glomerular filtration rate in the preterm infant: the relation to gestational and postnatal age.
In 41 preterm neonates with a gestational age (GA) varying from 27 to 36 weeks, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was measured by means of the continuous inulin infusion technique. The reliability of the technique was confirmed. During postnatal development GFR was found to increase in two ways: firstly, an increase with advancing gestational age, associated with the increase in body weight (BW) [GFR (ml/min) = 0.15 X GA-3.20, r = 0.48, P = 0.0048]; secondly, a postnatal increase, being independent from increment in BW. An increase in GFR (ml/min.kg) from 0.88 +/- 0.23 to 1.18 +/- 0.28 was observed between day 4 and day 11 postnatally (P less than 0.008). This latter increase is probably associated with changes in renal haemodynamics. No significant influence of artificial ventilation on GFR could be demonstrated in preterm neonates.
van der Heijden
A J
AJ
Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Grose
W F
WF
Ambagtsheer
J J
JJ
Provoost
A P
AP
Wolff
E D
ED
Sauer
P J
PJ
D000367:Age Factors; D001724:Birth Weight; D005865:Gestational Age; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D007444:Inulin; D012121:Respiration, Artificial
D007444:Inulin