Flow rate models in renal obstruction

摘要

Background In acute unilateral renal obstruction, calculated divided renal uptake following injection of tracer may be normal. Divided renal function as measured by uptake may be insensitive to fall in renal plasma flow (RPF) to the obstructed kidney. This study analyses afferent flow rate parameters of optimised models of renogram time activity curves (TAC). Afferent flow rate parameters may have differing sensitivity to altered RPF from divided renal tracer uptake and may be more sensitive to changes in cortical function in renal obstruction.