title: [Nuclear medicine diagnosis of kidney function in unilateral urinary tract dilatation in childhood].
abstract: Ultrasound accurately detects hydronephrosis in infants and children, while nuclear medicine techniques quantify relative renal function in addition to characterize the urodynamic relevance of hydronephrosis. Because ultrasound fails to estimate the potential reduction of relative kidney function with more severe hydronephrosis and moreover, renal function is not necessarily affected by hydronephrosis, renal scintigraphy is indicated to assess the functional status of hydronephrotic kidneys for both, split renal function and postrenal urine drainage without and, if necessary, with furosemide intervention.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik und -institut für Nuklearmedizin, Departement Medizinische Radiologie, Kantonsspital/Universitätskliniken Basel.
authors.forename: E U
authors.initials: EU
authors.lastname: Nitzsche
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011866:Radioisotope Renography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Nuklearmedizinische Nierenfunktionsdiagnostik bei unilateraler Harntraktdilatation im Kindesalter.