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Effective renal plasma flow (eRPF) is a measure used in renal physiology to calculate renal plasma flow (RPF) and hence estimate renal function.

Because the extraction ratio of PAH is high, it has become commonplace to estimate the RPF by dividing the amount of PAH in the urine by the plasma PAH level, ignoring the level in renal venous blood. The value obtained in this way is called the effective renal plasma flow (eRPF) to indicate that the level in renal venous plasma was not measured.

The actual RPF can be calculated from eRPF as follows:

${\displaystyle {\text{Actual RPF}}={\frac {\text{eRPF}}{\text{Extraction ratio}}}}$

where extraction ratio is the ratio of compound entering the kidney that is excreted into the final urine.

When using a compound with an extraction ratio near 1, such as para-aminohippurate (PAH), eRPF approximates RPF. Therefore, PAH clearance can be used to estimate RPF.

References

1. "Hubio562: Clearance Lab Answers". Archived from the original on September 12, 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
2. ^ Barrett, Kim E. (2019). Ganong's review of medical physiology. Susan M. Barman, Heddwen L. Brooks, Jason X.-J. Yuan (26 ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-260-12241-1. OCLC 1250311968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. Costanzo, Linda (2012). Physiology Cases and Problems. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 165. ISBN 9781451120615. Retrieved 1 November 2018.

External links

• Renal Clearance Techniques

• Renal physiology