Determination of inulin clearance by bolus intravenous injection in healthy subjects and ascitic patients: Equivalence of systemic and renal clearances as glomerular filtration markers

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 605-609

  Orlando, R ^a   Floreani, M ^b   Padrini, R ^a   Palatini, P ^b  

^a Institute of Clinical Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bolus i.v. injection; Inulin clearance; Kinetic analysis

Indexed keywords

FRUCTAN; INULIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MALE; MODEL; PLASMA; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCITES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INULIN; KIDNEY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031753158     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1998.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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