Assessment of the rate of uptake-plasma volume product to calculate glomerular filtration rate [corrected].
To further validate the rate of renal uptake of the 99mTc-DTPA-plasma volume product (RUPV) method to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR), 104 determinations were performed and compared to blood sample of GFR assays. The interassay consistency was also studied in 42 patients.


METHODS
The studies were performed with 370-550 MBq (10-15 mCi) of 99mTc-DTPA and a gamma camera. The 3-min cumulative renal uptake was calculated from the renogram curves and expressed as the rate of renal uptake in min-1. The plasma volume, in milliliters, was estimated from the patient's body weight. The GFR (ml/min) was calculated from [RU] x [PV] and by using two blood samples. To study interassay consistency, two determinations of GFR were performed on separate days.


RESULTS
The regression equation relating the rate of renal uptake (RU) in the abscissa and the GFR obtained from plasma samples in the ordinate is: y = 3.13 + 10.5x (n = 104; r = 0.90). The regression equation of RUPV estimated GFR (x) compared to the GFR calculated from blood samples (y) is: y = 6.9 + 0.91x (n = 104; r = 0.94). The interassay consistency study showed no statistically significant difference between measurements obtained on Days 1 and 2. The mean +/- s.e.m. GFR for each determination were 84.3 +/- 6.12 and 81.9 +/- 6.21. For the blood sample method, the mean s.e.m. for each day were 87.26 +/- 6.69 and 96.86 +/- 6.58 (p < 0.05). The percent variation coefficient for the RUPV method was: CV% = 6.8 +/- 2.7 and 12.1 +/- 3.3 (p < 0.03) for the blood sample method.


CONCLUSIONS
The observed accuracy of the determination is comparable to that in our previous study of a separate patient population at another hospital. This method would be suitable for interinstitutional comparison and for longitudinal patient studies.
Caride
V J
VJ
Department of Radiology, Hospital of Saint Raphael, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.
Zubal
I G
IG
D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D010953:Plasma Volume; D011866:Radioisotope Renography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate