Human Renal Allograft Blood Flow and Early Renal Function CHARLES B. ANDERSON, M.D., EDWARD E. ETHEREDGE, M.D., PH.D.
Renal allograft blood flow (RBF) was measured at operation by electromagnetic flow meter and probes in 45 patients (34 cadaver donors and 11 living related donors). Mean RBF in 26 patients without acute tubular necrosis (ATN), was 412 + 80 m/min and in 19 patients with ATN, 270 + 100 ml/min (p < .001). Only two of 24 transplants (8%) with RBF > 350 ml/min had ATN; whereas, 17 of 21 transplants (81 per cent) with RBF
Renal allograft blood flow (RBF) was measured at operation by electromagnetic flow meter and probes in 45 patients (34 cadaver donors and 11 living related donors). Mean RBF in 26 patients without acute tubular necrosis (ATN), was 412 + 80 m/min and in 19 patients with ATN, 270 + 100 ml/min (p < .001). Only two of 24 transplants (8%) with RBF > 350 ml/min had ATN; whereas, 17 of 21 transplants (81 per cent) with RBF
