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Simultaneous inulin (C in) and creatinine clearance (C Cr) studies were performed on 53 pediatric renal patients using a cimetidine protocol. Since cimetidine blocks the tubular secretion of creatinine, it was hypothesized that C Cr measured following cimetidine would closely approximate the C in. C in was compared with C Cr with the latter calculated from: (1) a 24-h urine collection, (2) plasma creatinine, height, and a proportionality constant, (3) the same plasma and urine specimens used for calculating C in, and (4) from the plasma and urine specimens of the four 30-min clearance periods treated as a single 2-h clearance. The C in was very closely approximated by the C Cr calculated from the same specimens used for the C in and by the 2-h clearance. The cimetidine protocol, with C Cr derived from a 2-h urine collection obtained under supervision in the office or clinic, provides a convenient and inexpensive procedure for estimation of glomerular filtration rate in a clinical setting.
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Received January 21, 1997; received in revised form June 16, 1997; accepted June 20, 1997
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Hellerstein, S., Berenbom, M., Alon, U. et al. Creatinine clearance following cimetidine for estimation of glomerular filtration rate. Pediatr Nephrol 12, 49–54 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050402
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