Pathophysiology of protracted acute renal failure in man
Postischemic acute renal failure (ARF) induced by cardiac surgery is commonly prolonged and may be irreversible. To examine whether persistence of postischemic, tubular cell injury accounts for delayed recovery from ARF, we studied 10 patients developing protracted (36 +/- 4 d) ARF after cardiac surgery. The differential clearance and excretion dynamics of probe solutes of graded size were determined. Inulin clearance was depressed (5.0 +/- 1.7 ml/min), while the fractional urinary clearance of dextrans (radii 17-30 A) were elevated above unity. Employing a model of conservation of mass, we calculated that 44% of filtered inulin was lost via transtubular backleak. The clearance and fractional backleak of technetium-labeled DTPA ((/sup 99m/Tc)DTPA, radius = 4 A) were identical to those of inulin (radius 15 A). The time at which inulin or DTPA excretion reached a maximum after an intravenous bolus injection was markedly delayed when compared with control subjects with ARF of brief duration, 102 vs. 11 min. Applying a three-compartment model of inulin/DTPA kinetics (which takes backleak into account) revealed the residence time of intravenously administered inulin/DTPA in the compartment occupied by tubular fluid and urine to be markedly prolonged, 20 vs. 6 min in controls, suggesting reduced velocity of tubular fluid flow.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Univ. School of Medicine, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 6082472
- Journal Information:
- J. Clin. Invest.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Clin. Invest.; (United States) Vol. 4; ISSN JCINA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
AMINO ACIDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CHELATING AGENTS
CLEARANCE
DISEASES
DRUGS
DTPA
ENZYMES
EXCRETION
HEART
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROLASES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INULIN
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
KIDNEYS
MATERIALS
MEDICINE
NONSPECIFIC PEPTIDASES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PARTICLE SIZE
PATIENTS
PEPTIDE HYDROLASES
POLYSACCHARIDES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOPROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES
RENAL CLEARANCE
RENIN
SACCHARIDES
SIDE EFFECTS
SIZE
SURGERY
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
URINE
UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES