title: How gender and age affect iodine-131-OIH and technetium-99m-MAG3 clearance.
abstract: The relationship between age and effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) results, as measured in nuclear medicine, is well known. This paper explores the relationships among gender, age, and ERPF measurements. After reading this paper, the nuclear medicine technologist should be able to: (a) discuss the importance of establishing normal range values for ERPF that include age and gender variables; (b) state how age affects ERPF results; and (c) state how gender affects ERPF results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Modena, Italy. bagni@unimo.it
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bagni
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bagni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Orsolon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Corazzari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001830:Body Surface Area; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D007465:Iodohippuric Acid / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D017596:Renal Plasma Flow, Effective / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D007465:Iodohippuric Acid; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide