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Title: Reliability of single kidney glomerular filtration rate measured by a 99mTc-DTPA gamma camera technique

Journal Article · · Uremia Invest.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7188633

The reliability of a previously published method for determination of single kidney glomerular filtration rate (SKGFR) by means of technetium-99m-diethylenetriaminepenta-acetate (99mTc-DTPA) gamma camera renography was evaluated. The day-to-day variation in the calculated SKGFR values was earlier found to be 8.8%. The technique was compared to the simultaneously measured renal clearance of inulin in 19 unilaterally nephrectomized patients with GFR varying from 11 to 76 ml/min. The regression line (y = 1.04 X -2.5) did not differ significantly from the line of identity. The standard error of estimate was 4.3 ml/min. In 17 patients the inter- and intraobserver variation of the calculated SKGFR values was 1.2 ml/min and 1.3 ml/min, respectively. In 21 of 25 healthy subjects studied (age range 27-29 years), total GFR calculated from the renograms was within an established age-dependent normal range of GFR.

Research Organization:
Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
OSTI ID:
7188633
Journal Information:
Uremia Invest.; (United States), Vol. 2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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