Research Article

Establishment of Simple and Routine Methods in Early Diagnosis of Gentamicin-Induced Kidney Injury Based on a Rat Model

Table 4

Kidney coefficient of rats treated with different GM dosage and duration.

Kidney coefficientDosage (mg⋅kg−1)Duration
1st day3rd day7th day14th day

Left kidney00.449 ± 0.0880.351 ± 0.0060.385 ± 0.0590.360 ± 0.005
40.385 ± 0.0180.397 ± 0.0290.421 ± 0.0370.417 ± 0.069
200.411 ± 0.0740.378 ± 0.0600.438 ± 0.0380.382 ± 0.050
1000.424 ± 0.0070.377 ± 0.0470.440 ± 0.0760.486 ± 0.038

Right kidney00.428 ± 0.0370.340 ± 0.0290.389 ± 0.0340.387 ± 0.032
40.357 ± 0.0100.395 ± 0.0540.464 ± 0.630.432 ± 0.073
200.380 ± 0.0250.373 ± 0.0220.476 ± 0.0250.383 ± 0.043
1000.389 ± 0.0350.389 ± 0.0560.454 ± 0.1010.531 ± 0.074

Values are expressed as mean ± SD for five rats in each group.
Groups: control (0 mg⋅kg−1) group, 4 mg⋅kg−1 GM group, 20 mg⋅kg−1 GM group, and 100 mg⋅kg−1 GM group.