Measurement of glomerular filtration rate via urinary clearance of inulin and plasma clearance of technetium Tc 99m pentetate and exogenous creatinine in dogs

• Published in: American journal of veterinary research Vol. 66; no. 6; pp. 1046 - 1055
• Main Author: Finco, D.R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2005
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Area Under Curve; blood plasma; Carbon Radioisotopes - administration & dosage; Creatine - blood; creatinine; dogs; Dogs - physiology; Female; glomerular filtration rate; Glomerular Filtration Rate - physiology; Glomerular Filtration Rate - veterinary; intravenous injection; inulin; Inulin - urine; Male; radiolabeling; radionuclides; Reproducibility of Results; technetium; Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate - blood; Time Factors; urine
• ISSN: 0002-9645; 1943-5681
• DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1046

To compare glomerular filtration rate (GFR) measured via urinary clearance of inulin (UCI) with plasma clearance of technetium Tc 99m pentetate (99mTc-pentetate) and creatinine in dogs. 6 healthy Beagles and 18 Beagles with reduced renal function. 13 blood samples were obtained between 5 and 600 minutes after i.v. bolus injections of (99m)Tc-pentetate and creatinine. Plasma clearance of (99m)Tc-pentetate was computed on the basis of 1, 2, or 13 samples, and plasma clearance of creatinine was computed on the basis of 2, 5, or 13 samples. During plasma clearance procedures, constant i.v. infusion of carboxyl carbon 14 inulin was begun and UCI was determined in urine collected from 90 to 120, 120 to 180, and 180 to 240 minutes. Clearance procedures were repeated in 12 dogs to evaluate reproducibility of results. Significant association between UCI and plasma clearance was determined via all methods. However, plasma clearances were moderately to markedly different from UCI, depending on test substance, GFR, and sample numbers used for plasma clearance computations. Comparisons were particularly discordant when some methods of limiting samples were used to define plasma clearance. Values derived from plasma clearance methods for (99m)Tc-pentetate and creatinine were not interchangeable with UCI results, which raises questions about their reliability as clinical research tools for measurement of GFR. Plasma clearance methods that are relative indices of renal function should not be interpreted as accurate measures of GFR without validation.