Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 54

Given the following data, calculate the effective renal plasma flow:urine volume in 2 hours: 240 mL; urine PAH: 150 mg/dL; plasma PAH: 0.5 mg/dL

Step 1 of 2

Renal plasma:

• The plasma content of blood which flow through kidney.

Calculation of effective flow of renal plasma:

Standard clearance formula to compute the effective flow of renal plasma is given below,

…………… (1)

Where,

- Clearance of PAH (p- aminohippuricacid) in mL/min (milliLiter per                         minute).

U - Urine PAH in mg/dL (Milligrams per deciliter).

V - Urine volume in mL per minute.

P - Plasma PAH in mg/dL.