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Research Article| Volume 13, ISSUE 1, P53-68, March 1993

Quantitation of Renal Function Using Radioisotopic Techniques

  • Janis P. O’Malley
    Correspondence
    Address reprint requests to Harvey A. Ziessman, MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, DC 20007-2197.
    Affiliations
    From the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital; and Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
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  • Harvey A. Ziessman
    Affiliations
    From the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital; and Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
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      Radiopharmaceuticals can be used to rapidly and accurately quantitate global and individual glomerular filtration rates (GFR) and effective renal plasma flow without the need for continuous infusion techniques, bladder catheterization, or 24-hour urine collections. The various techniques may involve multiple blood samples, one or two blood samples, and even imaging techniques that require no blood to quantitate renal function.