This document provides an overview of renal function and renal function tests. It discusses the key functions of the kidneys including electrolyte and water balance, acid-base balance, and excretion of waste products. It describes factors that regulate renal function such as autoregulation, neural and hormonal control. Causes of renal dysfunction including acute and chronic kidney disease are outlined. Consequences of impaired renal function like retention of waste products and end organ damage are summarized. Finally, the document categorizes and describes various renal function tests including clearance tests, urine analysis, imaging studies, and renal biopsy.
1. Renal function & dysfunction:
a summary
Dr. Madanmohan. MD, DSc, FIAY
Prof & Head, Dept. of Physiology
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2. Scheme of my talk
• Functions of kidneys
• Renal function in children
• Regulation of renal function
• Causes of renal dysfunction
• Consequences of impaired renal function
• Renal function tests:
classification
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11. Renal function in children
• Infants: nephrons incompletely developed
• Less BP, RBF, GFR, reabsorption, secretion
• Inulin clearance : 25%
• Urine acidic, albumin often present
• Less responsive to hormones 11
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12. Renal function in children
Urine output:
• First 2 days: 20 ml
• 12th
day : 225 ml
• ~10 y: near adult values
• Narrow margin, especially in premature
• Diarrhea, vomiting, fever, hyperthermia:
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13. Regulation of renal function
• Autoregulation
• Neural and reflex regulation:
– Rich sympathetic innervation
– Exercise, shock: vasoconstriction
• Humoral regulation
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14. Humoral regulation
• ADH: water reabsorption
• Aldosterone: Na reabsorption in DCT
• PTH: Ca reabsorption & PO4 excretion
• Thyroxine: renotropic
• Glucocortocoids: for normal response to ADH
• PGs: modulate effect of other hormones
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15. Causes of renal dysfunction
1. Acute renal disease : infection, ischemia
2. Chronic renal disease :
chronic glomerulonephritis,
tuberculosis, obstruction, polycystic kidney
3. Acute on chronic acute renal failure
4. Resection: 1 kidney compatible with life.
½ kidney ?
HT, DM CKD
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16. Consequences of impaired renal function
1. Retention of waste products in blood:
H+
, K+
, urea, uric acid, creatine, creatinine
2. Abnormal constituents in urine: protein, cells, casts
3. Decreased ability to concentrate/dilute urine
4. End organ damage. Multi system dysfunction
5. Clinical features: edema/dehydration, increase BP,
anemia/polycythemia, decreased immunity 16
17. Renal failure
• Acute: H, K, urea (900 mg%).
Disturbed milieu interieur.
Death in 5–7 d.
• Chronic: loss of nephrons (>70%)
DM, HT, chronic infections,
polycystic kidney.
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21. Classification of RFTs
(battery of tests)
Direct measurement is difficult: clearance
Indirect estimation is simple: blood chemistry
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22. 1. Clearance techniques.
2. Measure maximum tubular transport:
TmG, TmPAH, TmPO4
3. Assessment of functional state:
i) dilution test
ii) concentration test
iii) acidification test
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Classification of RFTs
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26. GFR by inulin clearance
• Amount in urine = amount filtered
Uin x V = Pin x GFR
GFR = Uin x V / Pin
= 120 ml / 1.7 m2
Curea : 75 ml Ccreatinine : ~150 ml
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27. RPF by PAH clearance
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PAH: filtered + secreted
UPAH x V / PPAH
28. Tubular secretion (PAH)
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Amount in urine = amount filtered + amount
secreted
Amount secreted = amount in urine - amount
filtered
UPAH X V - GFR X PPAH
30. Dilution test
• Excretion of H2O load: hourly samples
• H2O: 2% of body wt in 20 – 30 min, ~ 7 AM
(70 kg x 20 ml = 1400 ml)
• Urine at 8, 9, 10 AM
• One sample SG <1003 ( N: 1022 – 1030 )
• Within 3-6 h, all the input should come out
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31. Concentration (Addis) test
• Dry meals for 18 h, no fluids from 8 PM to 8 AM
• SG: >1025, >700 mOsm/L
• Simple, but crude test
• Early detection of renal disease
• Contra-indications: hot weather, dehydration,
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32. Acidification test
• NH3Cl : 0.1 g / kg orally
• Hourly urine samples for 8 h
• About 6 h : pH < 5.3
(normal pH : 4.3 – 8)
• > 8 pH : urinary infection
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33. Imaging
• Plain X ray
• Ultrasonogram
• CT, MRI
• IVP
• Retrograde pyelography
• Renal arteriography (angiography)
• Radiorenogram: 125
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