What is the optimal healthy kidney gfr value when determined by nuclear testing ?

Question

Kicney function evaluation using advanced methods

Answer 1

Whether by nuclear testing, or approximation through creatinine clearance , or even measurement using inulin, basically the goal is the same -- to estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate, which is the key measure of kidney function.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_funct...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_funct...

You can find the normal ranges of GFR here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_funct...

Another way to think about it: GFR helps define the five stages of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): http://www.renal.org/eGFR/ckdstages.html

A GFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 automatically defines CKD, whereas with higher GFR values CKD can only be diagnosed when there are other abnormal findings (like having blood or protein in the urine).

Hope this helps.