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Validation of a model measuring rat intra-renal blood flow and tissue oxygen

Whitehouse, T; (2006) Validation of a model measuring rat intra-renal blood flow and tissue oxygen. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London). Green open access

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Abstract

Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common condition on the intensive care unit (ICU) and may affect up to 40% of patients (de Mendonca, A. et al., 2000), (Korkeila, M. et al., 2000). Pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear. Patients who die from sepsis have kidneys that look histologically normal (Hotchkiss, R.S. et al., 1999), while the renal prognosis in survivors is good with <2% requiring long-term renal replacement therapy (Noble, J.S. et al., 2001). This has led some authors to suggest that acute renal failure is a physiological process designed to shut down vital processes and protect the kidney from irreversible damage during a severe insult (Singer, M. et al., 2004). As ninety percent of oxygen consumption is utilised by the mitochondrion (Babcock, G.T. and Wikstrom, M., 1992), metabolic control may be regulated by mitochondrial activity (Beltran, B. et al., 2000). This may be an important mechanism underlying renal failure but is difficult to assess in the intact animal.

Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Title: Validation of a model measuring rat intra-renal blood flow and tissue oxygen
Identifier: PQ ETD:593272
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Language: English
Additional information: Thesis digitised by ProQuest. Third party copyright material has been removed from the ethesis. Images identifying individuals have been redacted or partially redacted to protect their identity.
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1445948
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