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PAKISTAN SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL PATHOLOGISTSDISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMME IN CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY
LESSON NO 10
RENAL FUNCTION TESTSBY
SURG COMMODORE AAMIR IJAZMCPS, FCPS, FRCP (EDIN)
PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY / CONSULTANT CHEMICAL PATHOLOGIST
BAHRIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL &DENTAL COLLEGE / PNS SHIFA KARACHI
DR LENA JAFFERY, FCPS (CHEM PATH)INSTRUCTOR AKU KARACHI
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Q:1 The substance which is neither absorbed nor secreted in the renal tubules:
a. Albumin
b. Creatinine
c. Inulin
d. Paramino hippuric acid
e. Urea
Best answer:
c. Inulin
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Inulin• Inulin is a substance which is neither
absorbed nor secreted and is an exact indicator of GFR
• It is not part of normal human metabolism and has to be injected externally
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Q:2: Renal Clearance of a substance
a. 24 hour urinary clearance of that substance
b. Amount of that substance excreted through kidney in one minute
c. Concentration of the substance in urine
d. Ratio of urinary concentration of that substance to urinary creatinine
e. Volume of plasma cleared of that substance in one minute
Best answer:
e. Volume of plasma cleared of that substance in one minute
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Renal Clearance of a substance
• Clearance of substance is defined as volume of plasma cleared of that substance in one minute (or second).
• It is expressed as ml/min or ml/sec
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Q:3 The test which is MOST effected by extra-renal conditions in the absence of a renal disease:
a. Creatinine calculated by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula
b. Creatinine clearance
c. Serum creatinine
d. Serum urea
e. Urinary creatinine
Best answer:
d. Serum urea
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The test which is MOST effected by extra-renal conditions (without renal disease):
Serum Urea can go upto 60 mg/dl (10 mmol/L) due to increased protein diet
It can go upto 120 mg/dl (20 mmol/L) due to dehydration etc.
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Q:4 The test which gives the poorest indication of glomerular function is:
a. Calculation of eGFRb. Creatinine clearancec. Iohexol Clearanced. Serum creatininee. Serum cystanin C
Best answer:
d. Serum Creatinine
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Q:5 The earliest marker of Acute Kidney Injury is:
a. Alpha one microglobulinb. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalinc. Retinol binding proteind. Urinary osmolality gape. Urinary sodium
Best answer:
b.Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL)
• NGAL is a highly predictive biomarker of acute kidney injury (AKI)
• It as an early marker of AKI
• The sensitivity for NGAL to predict AKI is 0.815 (95 % confidence interval, 0.732-0.892)
• It is similar to troponin for acute myocardial infarction
• There is evidence for the role of NGAL measurements in a variety of clinical situations leading to AKI e.g. contrast-induced nephropathy, AKI after cardiac surgery or kidney transplantation and AKI in the critical care setting
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Q:6 A patient with severe Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) faces an abrupt decline in renal function. According to one of the staging systems which of the following is the first stage of this failure:
a. ESRDb. Failurec. Injuryd. Losse. Risk
Best answer:
e. Risk
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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)The term acute kidney injury (AKI) is used to represent the full spectrum of renal injury, from mild to severe, with the latter having increased likelihood for unfavorable outcomes e.g. loss of function and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
(AKI Network 2007)
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Definition of AKIAn abrupt (within 48 hours) reduction in kidney function i.e. an absolute increase in serum creatinine of ≥ 26.4 μmol/L (or 0.3 mg/dL ); a percentage increase in serum creatinine of 50% or more (1.5-fold from baseline); or a reduction in urine output (documented oliguria of less than 0.5 mL/kg per hour for more than 6 hours)
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RIFLE Criteria of AKIStage GFR** Criteria Urine Output
CriteriaProbability
Risk SCr† increased × 1.5orGFR decreased >25%
UO‡ < 0.5 mL/kg/h × 6 h High sensitivity (Risk >Injury >Failure)
Injury SCr increased × 2orGFR decreased >50%
UO < 0.5 mL/kg/h × 12 h
Failure SCr increased × 3orGFR decreased 75%orSCr ≥4 mg/dL; acute rise ≥0.5 mg/dL
UO < 0.3 mL/kg/h × 24 h(oliguria)oranuria × 12 h
Loss Persistent acute renal failure: complete loss of kidney function >4 wk
High specificity
ESRD* Complete loss of kidney function >3 mo
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RIFLE Criteria of AKI (cont) Three stages of acute injury :a. Risk
b. Injury
c. Failure
Two outcome measures :d. Loss of renal function
e. ESRD
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Q:7 Latest definition of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) includes presence of kidney damage or decreased kidney function for three or more months. Which of the following is NOT included in the list of indicators of Kidney Damage:
a. Albuminuriab. Decreased GFRc. Imaging abnormalitiesd. Kidney transplantatione. Urinary sediment abnormalities
Best answer:
b. Decreased GFR
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Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)• The term CKD has replaced all the previously
used vague terms like Chronic Renal Failure, “chronic renal insufficiency,” “pre-dialysis,” and “pre-endstage renal disease.
• A conceptual change in the disease definition. Now NO consideration of the cause of the failure in definition.
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Definition of CKDThe definition is based on 3 components:
a. An anatomical or structural component (markers of kidney damage, including albuminuria,
b. A functional component (based on GFR)
c. A temporal component at least 3 months’ duration of structural and/or functional alterations.
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Guidelines for CKDK DOQI : The National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF KDOQI) ™ provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and related complications
KDIGO: Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes.
This guidelines adds Albuminuria with GFR for staging of CKD.
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Kidney Damage Kidney damage includes pathologic abnormalities in the native or transplanted kidney. Kidney damage is identified in most cases by the presence of one of the following clinical markers :
1. Albuminuria − In clinical practice, albuminuria is the most frequently assessed marker of kidney damage.Albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) in an untimed "spot" urine is the best method to measure it.
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Kidney Damage (cont) 2. Urinary sediment abnormalities − Urinary sediment abnormalities such as red or white blood cell casts may indicate the presence of glomerular injury or tubular inflammation.
3. Imaging abnormalities − Kidney damage may be detected by the presence of imaging abnormalities such as polycystic kidneys, hydronephrosis, and small and echogenic kidneys. Pathologic abnormalities − A kidney biopsy may reveal evidence for glomerular, vascular, or tubulointerstitial disease.
Kidney transplantation − Patients with a history of kidney transplantation are assumed to have kidney damage whether or not they have documented abnormalities on kidney biopsy or markers of kidney damage.
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Kidney Damage (cont) 4. Pathologic abnormalities − A kidney biopsy may reveal evidence for glomerular, vascular, or tubulointerstitial disease.
5. Kidney transplantation − Patients with a history of kidney transplantation are assumed to have kidney damage whether or not they have documented abnormalities on kidney biopsy or markers of kidney damage.
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Decreased GFR• GFR is generally considered to be the best index of overall kidney
function
• Declining GFR is the hallmark of progressive kidney disease. Measured GFR varies in normal individuals by :
• age
• sex
• dietary protein intake
• Race-ethnicity
• Threshold defining a decreased GFR is less than 60 mL/min per 1.73 m2
• Kidney failure is defined as a GFR <15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 or treatment by dialysis
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Q:8 A 56 years male has following Renal Profile:
• Urea 23.6mmol/L (142 mg/dl)• GFR 52.3 mL/min per 1.73 m2• Albumin Creatinine Ratio: 22.4 mg/mmol of creatinine
According to the latest criteria of CKD staging, the most appropriate stage of the patient is:a. G1 and A1b. G2 and A1c. G3a and A2d. G3b and A2e. G4 and A3
Best answer:
c. G3a and A2
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Staging of CKD The purpose of CKD staging is to: • Guide management
• Risk stratification for progression and complications of CKD.
• Select appropriate treatments
• Frequency of monitoring
• Patient education
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Staging of CKD (cont) In patients who are diagnosed with CKD using the criteria described above, staging of the CKD is done according to :
1. Cause of disease
2. Six categories of GFR (G stages)
3. Three categories of albuminuria (A stages)
(Based on KDOQI and KDIGO guidelines)
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Staging of CKD (cont) Cause of disease e.g.:
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Drug toxicity
• Auto-immune diseases
• Urinary tract obstruction,
• Kidney transplantation
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Staging of CKD (cont) GFR — The GFR (G-stages)
G1 − GFR >90 mL/min per 1.73 m2
G2 − GFR 60 to 89 mL/min per 1.73 m2
G3a − GFR 45 to 59 mL/min per 1.73 m2
G3b − GFR 30 to 44 mL/min per 1.73 m2
G4 − GFR 15 to 29 mL/min per 1.73 m2
G5 − GFR <15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 or treatment by dialysis
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Staging of CKD (cont) Albuminuria — The three albuminuria stages are:• A1 − ACR < (<3.4 mg/mmol (30 mg/g ) (Normal)
• A2 − ACR 3.4 to 34.0 mg/mmol (30 to 299 mg/g) (Microalbuminuria)
• A3 − ACR ≥34.0 mg/mmol (300 mg/g ) (Macroalbuminuria)
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Q 11: Jeffe`s reaction is used for estimation of creatinine for more than 130 years now but there have been problems with its specificity.
a. What is the most important development in analysis of creatinine which has led to marked improvement in its specificity? b. Name THREE enzymatic methods of creatinine estimation. c. Name Definite Method of Creatinine estimation.
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Suggested Answer to Q.9 a
What is the most important development in analysis of creatinine which has led to marked improvement in its specificity? Kinetic method of assay
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Suggested Answer to Q.9 bName THREE enzymatic methods of creatinine estimation.
a. Creatininase (creatinine amidohydrolase) b. Creatininase & creatinase c. Creatinine deaminase (creatinine iminohydrolase)
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Suggested Answer to Q.9 c
Name Definite Method of Creatinine estimation.
Isotope- dilution mass spectrometry
(ID-MS)
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Q 10: You are working in a tertiary care Pakistani hospital. Your Head of the Department is not a Chemical Pathologist. He is fed-up of getting complaints regarding Creatinine Clearance test. He wants you to give him a presentation regarding this investigation. Please address following questions for this presentation: a. Which renal function is assessed by this test? b. Name other methods which are used for assessment of this function of kidneys. C. What are the problems associated with Creatinine Clearance? d. Can we dispense with Creatinine Clearance test by using some calculated parameters based on serum creatinine? Name two such parameters for adults and one for paediatric population. e. A recently developed test has been suggested to replace Creatinine Clearance. Write two lines about this test (now available in Pakistan, too).
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Suggested Answer to Q.10 a
Which renal function is assessed by this test?
Glomerular Function Rate.
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Suggested Answer to Q.10 b
Name other methods which are used for assessment of this function of kidneys.
(Please see following slides)
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Measuring Renal Function• Glomerular filtration rate(GFR describes the flow
rate of filtered fluid through the kidney
• GFR is a measure of the efficiency with which the kidneys remove waste products from the blood stream
• Normal GFR is 80-120ml/min
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Estimation of GFR
• A number of methods are used to measure GFR• Most involve the kidney’s ability to clear
either an exogenous or endogenous marker
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Calculating GFR• GFR can be calculated by measuring any
chemical that has a steady level in the blood, and is freely filtered but neither reabsorbed nor secreted by the kidneys
• The rate therefore measured is the quantity of the substance in the urine that originated from a calculable volume of blood
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Accurate plasma and urine measurement
• For a reliable plasma measurement substance must have reached steady state concentration
• For a reliable urine collection urine flow must be adequate, collection period long enough and complete bladder emptying achieved
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Markers of GFR
•Exogenous•Endogenous
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Criteria for GFR Markers• Freely filterable at the glomerular barrier• Not reabsorbed by the tubules• Not secreted by the tubules• Present at a stable plasma concentration
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Exogenous MarkersNon radioactive
• Inulin
• Iohexol
• Iodoacetate
• Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
Radioactive• Tc-
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
• Cr-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
• I-hippuran
• I-iodothalamate
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Exogenous Markers• Its use is for monitoring of slowly progressing
nephropathies
• Also to detemine a GFR to set a benchmark against which to monitor deterioration in GFR using an endogenous marker
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Inulin Clearance• Gold standard• Metabolically inert sugar• Neither reabsorbed nor secreted• Provides good estimation of GFR• Time consuming• Poor specificity of analysis• Extrarenal clearance =0.83 ml/min/10kg
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Measurement of GFR by Urinary Clearance of a Radionuclide
• Renal tubular secretion or reabsorption must not contribute to its excretion
• Plasma protein binding of radionuclide should be negligible
• Complete bladder emptying essential
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Constant Infusion Technique• Fasting subject is required to drink 500ml of water 1 hour
before• Takes 200 ml of water every half hour until the end of the
study• Supine throughout• Intravenous loading dose of marker• Constant infusion of a given quantity per minute for 3 hour• Collect a blood sample and timed urine samples
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Single Bolus Injection• Fasting subject to drink 5ooml of water 1 hour before• Supine throughout• Single marker dose is infused at a constant rate over 5
minutes-peristaltic pump• Line flushed with saline• Venous blood samples are collected at intervals
120,180,240 min• Plasma disappearance curve is measured
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Endogenous Markers• Creatinine
• Urea
• Beta2-Microglobulin
• Retinol-binding protein
• Alpha1-Microglobulin
• Cystatin C
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Advantages• No injection required
• Only a single blood sample needed
• Simplifies the procedure for the patient, clinician and laboratory
• These proteins are entirely eliminated from the circulation
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Serum Creatinine• Measuring serum creatinine is a simple test and it is the
most commonly used indicator of renal function
• Lower in women, elderly malnutrition muscle paralysis and smaller persons
• Higher in high intake of meat , exercise, coricosteroids, ketoacidosis
• A better estimation of kidney function is given by the creatinine clearance test
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Creatinine Clearance• Is a renal function test based on the rate of
excretion by the kidneys of metabolically produced creatinine
• Amount of creatinine produced by endogenous creatine metabolism is constant
• It is directly proportional to the body surface area
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Creatinine Clearance (cont)• Creatinine is freely filtered at the glomerulus• Not absorbed by the tubules• Actively secreted by the renal tubules in very
small amounts such that creatinine clearance overestimates actual GFR by 10-20%.
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Creatinine Clearance (cont)• A 24 hour urine collection is performed but shorter
collection periods are acceptable
• A blood sample is drawn during the urine collection period
• Height
• Weight
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Calculation of Creatinine Clearance• Creatinine clearance(ml/min)=UCrV/PCr• Since the product of urine concentration and urine
flow rate yields creatinine's excretion rate, creatinine clearance is also said to be its excretion rate (UCr×V) divided by its plasma concentration
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• To allow comparison of results between people of different sizes, the CCr is often corrected for the body surface area and expressed compared to the average sized man as mL/min/1.73 m2.
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Suggested Answer to Q.10 cWhat are the problems associated with Creatinine Clearance?
(Please see next slides)
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Problems Associated with Creatinine Clearance
• Timed 24 hour urine specimen is burdensome
• Incomplete emptying of bladder
• Failure to collect entire specimen
• Wide intraindividual variation
• Creatinine secretion increases as GFR decreases
• Interference with Jaffe reaction
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Advantage of Creatinine Clearance
• Unlike precise GFR measurements involving constant infusions of inulin, creatinine is already at a steady-state concentration in the blood and so measuring creatinine clearance is much less cumbersome
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Suggested Answer to Q.10 dCan we dispense with Creatinine Clearance test by using some calculated parameters based on serum creatinine? Name two such parameters for adults and one for paediatric population.
(Please see next slides)
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Use of GFR Equations• Numerous formulas have been developed for
estimating creatinine clearance from serum creatinine concentration –no need for urine collection
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Commonly used Equations
In Adults:• Cockcroft Gault Equation• Modification of Diet in Renal Disease
In Children:• Schwartz formula
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Cockcroft Gault Equation• Simplest and most widely used
CrCl (ml/min)= (140-age in years) x weight(kg)
7.2 x Serum creatinine (umol/L)
Multiply by 0.85 if female
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Cockcroft Gault Equation• Developed in 1973• Not adjusted for body surface area • Body weight is used as a marker of muscle mass• Leads to over estimation of muscle mass and of
creatinine clearance in obese• Calculations are relatively simple and can often be
performed without the aid of a calculator
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Limitations of Cockcroft Gault• Muscle diseases
• Malnourished
• Severe renal failure
• Liver disease
• Obese
• Critically ill
• Unstable renal function
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Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD)
• Developed in 1999• Provides an estimate of GFR that is
normalized to a standard Body Surface Area of 1.73m2
• Since renal size and metabolic rate correlate with body surface area MDRD is the best
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MDRD Equation• Serum creatinine, age, race, and gender • The original MDRD used six variables with
the additional variables being the blood urea nitrogen and albumin levels
• Validated in patients with chronic kidney disease; however both versions underestimate the GFR in healthy patients with GFRs over 60 mL/min.
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MDRD Equation
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MDRD Equation• Most laboratories in Australia and The United Kingdom
now calculate and report the MDRD estimated GFR along with creatinine measurements and this forms the basis of Chronic kidney disease Staging
• The adoption of the automatic reporting of MDRD-estimated GFR has been widely criticized
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Limitations of MDRD Accuracy not established in
• Elderly
• Paediatrics
• Hospitalized
• Other ethnic groups besides Caucasians
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Comparison of The Two Equations• Neither is perfect particularly in patients with
relatively normal kidney function• MDRD equation is endorsed by UK Chronic
Kidney Disease Guidelines• MDRD can be calculated without body weight• Both can only be used if serum creatinine
concentration is stable
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Suggested Answer to Q.10 eA recently developed test has been suggested to replace Creatinine Clearance. Write two lines about this test (now available in Pakistan, too).
(Please see next slides)
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Cystatin C• Cystatin C may offer a more sensitive and specific
monitoring of changes in GFR than serum creatinine• Cysteine protease inhibitor• More freely filtered than the other proteins-13000 D• Production rate by all nucleated cells is constant• Not influenced by muscle mass ,diet or sex• No extrarenal mode of excretion• More sensitive and specific than Creatinine
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Other Low Molecular Proteins• Proteins with molecular weight less than 30kD are
cleared by renal filtration
• Freely filtered at glomerulus
• Apart from Cystatin C all other proteins are influenced by nonrenal factors
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Thank You and Best Of Luck