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. 2022 Aug 27;106(6):1170-1179. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003940

TABLE 2.

Equations for calculating renal metabolic and functional parameters

Outcome Unit Equation Abbreviations
Arterial oxygen content mLO2/L Hb×2.4794+(pO2arterial×K) Hb, hemoglobin content (mmol/L).2.4794 = arterial oxygen content in mLO2/dL and is calculated by 1.54 (mLO2/g Hb at 37 °C × (Hb [mmol/L] × 1.61) × 100 (= SO2 arterial) × 0.01.po2, partial oxygen pressure kPa).K, SO2, hemoglobin saturation (%).
Venous oxygen content mLO2/L (0.024794×Hb×SO2venous+pO2venous×K) 0.024794 = venous oxygen content in mLO2/dL and is calculated by 1.54 (mLO2/g Hb at 37 °C × (Hb [mmol/L] × 1.61) × SO2 venous × 0.01.Hb, hemoglobin content (mmol/L).po2, partial oxygen pressure (kPa).K, solubility constant of oxygen in water at 37 °C (0.0225 mLO2 per kPa).SO2, hemoglobin saturation (%).Bold part of the formula is canceled when no RBCs were used.
Oxygen consumption mLO2/min/100 g (arterialoxygencontentmLO2LvenousoxygencontentmLO2L)×Q/g×100 Q, renal blood flow (L/min).g, kidney weight (g).
Fractional sodium excretion % 100×UNa×PCrPNa×UCr UNa, urine sodium concentration (mmol/L).PNa, perfusate sodium concentration (mmol/L).PCr, perfusate creatinine concentration (mmol/L).UCr, urine creatinine concentration (mmol/L).
Total sodium reabsorption mmol/min/ 100 g CrCl×PNa(UNa×U)g×100 CrCl, creatinine clearance (mL/min).PNa, perfusate sodium concentration (mmol/L).UNa, urine sodium concentration (mmol/L).U, urine production rate (mL/min).g, kidney weight (g).
Creatinine clearance mL/min/100 g UCr×UPCrg×100 UCr, urine creatinine concentration (mmol/L).U, urine production rate (mL/min).PCr, perfusate creatinine concentration (mmol/L).g, kidney weight (g).
TBARS production U/L TBARSurine×U+TBARSperfusate×(P+I) TBARSurine, concentration of TBARS in urine (µM).U, urine production rate (mL/min).TBARSperfusate, concentration of TBARS in the perfusate (µM).P, priming volume of the NMP setup (L).I, volume of infusion during NMP (L).

NMP, normothermic machine perfusion; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances.