Research Article

Influence of Early Bladder Imaging in Experimental Rabbits on the Quantitative Determination of Glomerular Filtration Rate by the Gates Method

Table 4

Comparison of GFR based on 2-3 min renal uptake between baseline status and protein load test.

KidneyUncorrected GFR ()Corrected GFR ()
BaselineaIn PLTbBaselinecIn PLTd

Total10.5% (2/19)3.7310.0020.0% (0/19)6.711<0.001
Left10.5% (2/19)3.8230.0010.0% (0/19)8.846<0.001
Right36.8% (7/19)1.6120.12436.8% (7/19)1.5530.138

Notes: GFR—glomerular filtration rate; PLT—protein load test; —paired number of dynamic renal scintigraphy between GFR at baseline and GFR in PLT.