LIMITATIONS OF RENAL FUNCTION DETERMINATION
Authors: Lemuel C. Mcgee, J. E. Martin
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 March 1940LIMITATIONS OF RENAL FUNCTION DETERMINATIONLEMUEL C. MCGEE, PH.D., M.D., F.A.C.P., J. E. MARTIN JR., M.D.LEMUEL C. MCGEE, PH.D., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, J. E. MARTIN JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-9-1626 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe improvements in biochemical methods have given great impetus to the use of the clinical laboratory by physicians. Procedures which were originally interesting laboratory confirmations of diagnostic impressions of an alert physician at the patient's bedside, later became routine studies on hospital patients. The precepts of pioneers in the use of laboratory tests have led to the increasing application of such procedures in accepted medical practice. It seems logical to utilize all possible aids in obscure and chronic disease, particularly for their benefit in preventive medicine.As the biochemist strives to devise methods for the measuring of physiologic function in...Bibliography1. ALVINGVAN SLYKE ASDD: Significance of concentration and dilution tests in Bright's disease, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1934, xiii, 969-998. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CHAPMANHALSTED EMJA: The fractional phenolsulphonephthalein test in Bright's disease, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxvi, 223-232. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. DON CS: Tests for renal function, Brit. Med. Jr., 1937, i, 54-56. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FREYBERG RH: The choice and interpretation of tests of renal efficiency, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 1575-1580. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MCDONALD RH: The clinical and comparative value of renal function tests, Cleveland Clin. Quart., 1937, iv, 4-15. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LEITER L: Renal function, Internat. Clin., 1935, iii, 24-51. Google Scholar7. ELLISWEISS LBS: Normal variations in renal function tests with discussion of their physiologic significance, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1933, clxxxvi, 233-242. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. THOMAS BA: The present status of kidney functional tests, Jr. Urol., 1930, xxiv, 141-153. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. FREYBERGGILLARDGANESBAUER RHJLF: Comparison of different methods of testing renal function during pregnancy, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1936, xxxi, 511-514. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. KESTEL JL: Concentration test as a practical means of determining kidney insufficiency, Jr. Iowa Med. Soc., 1936, xxvi, 242-243. Google Scholar11. BOWEN BD: A study of the comparative value of tests of renal function in a group of cases of mild or suspected nephritis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1927, clxxiv, 769-786. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. LASHMETNEWBURGH FHLH: An improved concentration test of renal function, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 1396-1398. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. ELLIOTTNUZUM AHFR: Evaluation of measures of renal function in persons with arteriosclerotic Bright's disease, Arch. Int. Med., 1936, lvii, 1151-1162. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. WILSON JV: Kidney function tests in nephritis with special reference to the urea clearance, Ulster Med. Jr., 1937, vi, 40-45. Google Scholar15. LEVENEMATTHEWS GKH: New method for the determination of renal function, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1934, xxxii, 818-819. Google Scholar16. KRIEGER VI: Critical survey of renal function tests in their application to the determination of renal efficiency in toxemias of pregnancy, Med. Jr. Australia, 1938, ii, 457-467. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. VAN SLYKE DD: Observations on the courses of different types of Bright's disease and on the resultant changes in renal anatomy, Medicine, 1930, ix, 257-386. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. VAN SLYKE DD: Renal function in Bright's disease, Med. Clin. North Am., 1934, xvii, 1179-1193. Google Scholar19. VAN SLYKE DD: Urea clearance as a measure of renal function, Am. Jr. Med. Technol., 1936, ii, 42-59. Google Scholar20. MÖLLERMCINTOSHVAN SLYKE EJFDD: Studies on urea excretion, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1928, vi, 427-465; 467-483. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. DODDSROBERTSON ECJD: Renal function tests in nephritis and allied conditions, Post-Grad. Med. Jr., 1937, xiii, 73-80. CrossrefGoogle Scholar22. MCDONALD RH: Value of urea clearance test, Cleveland Clin. Quart., 1936, iii, 127-133. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23. LASHMETNEWBURGH FHLJ: Improved concentration test of renal function; simple method for measuring proteinuria, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, c, 1328. CrossrefGoogle Scholar24. HARDINGURQUHART VJRW: The urea clearance test in urology, Jr. Urol., 1933, xxix, 1-13. Google Scholar25. MCCANCEWIDDOWSON RAEM: Secretion of urine in man during experimental salt deficiency, Jr. Physiol., 1937, xci, 222-231. CrossrefGoogle Scholar26. ROWNTREEGERAGHTY LGJT: An experimental and clinical study of the functional activity of the kidneys by means of phenolsulphonphthalein, Jr. Pharmacol. and Exper. Therap., 1910, i, 579. Google Scholar27. SHAWMCKENZIE ECJA: Curve of phenolsulfonphthalein elimination in unilateral disease, South. Med. Jr., 1937, xxx, 61-69. CrossrefGoogle Scholar28. KOCH FC: Practical methods in biochemistry, 1934, William Wood & Co., pp. 121-122; 183. Google Scholar29. PENINGTON GA: Blood urea clearance tests, Med. Jr. Australia, 1938, i, 163-166. CrossrefGoogle Scholar30. PAGE IH: Action of certain diuretics on the function of the kidneys as measured by the urea clearance test, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1933, xii, 737-739. CrossrefGoogle Scholar31. COLLINS DA: Phenolphthalein tests in dogs, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1936, cxv, 27-30. CrossrefGoogle Scholar32. KOLMERBOERNER JAF: Approved laboratory technic, 1938, Appleton-Century, N. Y., 2nd ed., pp. 187-188. Google Scholar33. SHANNON JA: Renal tubular excretion, Physiol. Rev., 1939, xix, 63-93. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Elkins, W. Va.*Received for publication August 10, 1939.From the Golden Clinic, Davis Memorial Hospital, Elkins, W. Va. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPregnancy following nephrectomy 1 March 1940Volume 13, Issue 9Page: 1626-1637KeywordsClinical laboratoriesHospitalsLaboratory testsPreventive medicineResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...