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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 259: R637-R644, 1990;
0363-6119/90 $5.00
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 259, Issue 3 637-R644, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Regulation of renal pelvic pressure by diuresis and micturition

J. C. Djurhuus, J. Frokjaer, T. Munch Jorgensen, L. Knudsen, T. Pham and C. E. Constantinou
Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.

The influence of the voiding cycle and diuresis on the hydrodynamic pressures of the renal pelvis in the multicalyceal kidney of miniature pigs has been examined. Identification of the pressure patterns characteristic of the renal pelvis with an undisturbed pelviureteric and ureterovesical junction was emphasized. The frequency and amplitude of contractions in the renal pelvis were measured bilaterally. The patterns of renal pelvic pressure changes were interpreted during bladder filling and emptying and diuresis to evaluate the mechanisms facilitating the pressure isolation of the upper urinary tract. These studies were undertaken in the awake pig equipped with a long-term radiotelemetry implant transmitting renal pelvic and urinary bladder pressure. The results show that renal pelvic contractions are low-pressure events having an amplitude of 10.3 +/- 4.2 cmH2O and a frequency of 6.6 +/- 0.7 contractions/min. During basal hydration, the process of renal pelvic filling and emptying is active, with rhythmic pelvic contractions. The left and right renal pelvis demonstrate approximately equal frequency, 1.04:1.00, but are not synchronous. Furosemide-stimulated diuresis produces radical changes in the renal pelvis by transforming emptying from an active to passive mode and facilitating the transmission of voiding pressures and spontaneous bladder pressures to the kidney.


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