Determination of glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow with radioisotopes

The concept of glomerular filtration and the clearance of inulin and creatinine as an index of renal function, advantages in the use of radioisotopes to measure glomerular filtration rate, and the clearance of /sup 125/I-iothalamate in (1) standard clearance and (2) subcutaneous short-clearance studies. The concept of renal plasma flow and clearance of para-aminohippurate, the use of radioisotopes for the measurement of renal plasma flow, and the clearance of /sup 131/I-Hippuran (iodohippurate sodium). Laboratory procedures for standard renal clearances with labeled iothalamate and Hippuran are given in detail, as is the short iothalamate clearance procedure