- inulin clearance
- the renal clearance of inulin maintained at a constant serum level by continuous infusion, accepted as the most accurate measurement and reference of the glomerular filtration rate.
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Inulin Clearance — Die Ermittlung der Inulin Clearance ist ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung der glomerulären Filtrationsrate, das jedoch methodisch für den Routineeinsatz zu aufwändig ist. Daher kommt im Labor derzeit die Bestimmung der endogenen Kreatinin Clearance… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Inulin-Clearance — Die Ermittlung der Inulin Clearance ist ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung der glomerulären Filtrationsrate, das jedoch methodisch für den Routineeinsatz zu aufwändig ist. Daher kommt im Labor derzeit die Bestimmung der endogenen Kreatinin Clearance… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Inulin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Inulin Andere Namen Alantstä … Deutsch Wikipedia
inulin — A fructose polysaccharide from the rhizome of Inula helenium or elecampane (family Compositae) and other plants; used by intravenous injection, where it is filtered by the renal glomeruli but not re absorbed and thus can be used to determine the… … Medical dictionary
Clearance (medicine) — In medicine, the clearance is a measurement of the renal excretion ability. Although clearance may also involve other organs than the kidney, it is almost synonymous with renal clearance or renal plasma clearance. Each substance has a specific… … Wikipedia
inulin — n. a carbohydrate with a high molecular weight, used in a test of kidney function called inulin clearance. Inulin is filtered from the bloodstream by the kidneys. By injecting it into the blood and measuring the amount that appears in the urine… … The new mediacal dictionary
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clearance — 1. (C with a subscript indicating the substance removed)Removal of a substance from the blood, e.g., by renal excretion, expressed in terms of the volume flow of arterial blood or plasma that would contain the amount of substance removed per … Medical dictionary
