Renal Stress Testing in the Assessment of Kidney Disease

Authors

Lakhmir S. Chawla, George Washington UniversityFollow
Claudio Ronco

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

5-2016

Journal

Kidney International Reports

Volume

1

Issue

1

Inclusive Pages

57-63

DOI

10.1016/j.ekir.2016.04.005

Abstract

As part of human evolutionary development, many human organ systems have innate mechanisms to adapt to increased “work demand” or stress. This reserve capacity can be informative and is used commonly in cardiology to assess cardiac function (e.g., treadmill test). Similarly, the kidney possesses reserve capacity, which can be demonstrated in at least 2 of the following renal domains: glomerular and tubular. When appropriate stimulants are used, healthy patients with intact kidneys can significantly increase their glomerular filtration rate and their tubular secretion. This approach has been used to develop diagnostics for the assessment of renal function. This article reviews both glomerular and tubular kidney stress tests and their respective diagnostic utility.

Comments

Reproduced with permission of Elsevier B.V. Kidney International Reports

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

APA Citation

Chawla, L. S., & Ronco, C. (2016). Renal Stress Testing in the Assessment of Kidney Disease. Kidney International Reports, 1 (1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2016.04.005

Peer Reviewed

1

Open Access

1