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Kinetics of elimination of thiocyanate in 7 healthy subjects and in 8 subjects with renal failure

Eliminationskinetik von Thiocyanat bei 7 gesunden und 8 niereninsuffizienten Probanden

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Bei 7 gesunden und 8 niereninsuffizienten Probanden wurden nach oraler Zufuhr von Thiozyanat oder i.v.-Infusion von Nitroprussid die abklingenden Konzentrationen von Thiozyanat im Serum gemessen. Bei den gesunden Probanden wurden außerdem die Thiozyanatausscheidungen mit dem Urin, sowie der Einfluß einer erhöhten Chloridzufuhr auf die Thiozyanatelimination gemessen.

Bei den gesunden Probanden wurden Eliminationshalbwertzeiten von 1–5 Tagen (Mittelwert ca. 3 Tage) ermittelt. Die Erhöhung der Chloridausscheidung auf etwa das zweifache der Norm führte nicht zu einer wesentlichen Beschleunigung der Thiozyanatelimination. Das applizierte Thiozyanat wurde nahezu vollständig im Urin gefunden.

Bei den niereninsuffizienten Probanden betrug die mittlere Eliminationshalbwertzeit ca. 9 Tage. Die Eliminationskonstanten nahmen proportional mit den Kreatinin-Clearances zu. Derk e-Wert bei einer Kreatinin-Clearance von 0 ml/min betrug etwa 15% desk e-Wertes bei einer Kreatinin-Clearance von 120 ml/min. Die Verteilungsvolumina für Thiozyanat waren bei den Niereninsuffizienten größer als bei den Gesunden.

Die Schlußfolgerungen für die Therapie mit Nitroprussid werden erörtert.

Summary

The concentration of thiocyanate in the serum of eight test subjects with renal failure and seven healthy control subjects was measured, as it declined with time, after oral doses of thiocyanate or i.v. injections of nitroprusside had been administered. Additional measurements were taken, on the healthy subjects only, of the concentrations of thiocyanate in the urine, and also of the influence of an increased chloride intake on the rate of elimination of thiocyanate. For the healthy subjects an elimination half-life of between one and five days (mean c. 3 days) was found. Increasing the chloride elimination rate to approximately twice normal did not significantly speed up the rate of thiocyanate elimination. The amounts of thiocyanate which had been administered as doses reappeared almost exclusively in the urine. For the subjects with renal failure, the elimination half-life had a mean value of approximately nine days. The elimination constants were found to be proportional to the creatinine-clearance rates. Thek e value at a creatinine-clearance of zero ml/min was approximately 15% of thek e value at a creatinine-clearance rate of 120 ml/min. The distribution volumes for thiocyanate were greater for the patients with renal failure than for the healthy subjects. The conclusions for therapies using nitroprusside are discussed.

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Schulz, V., Bonn, R. & Kindler, J. Kinetics of elimination of thiocyanate in 7 healthy subjects and in 8 subjects with renal failure. Klin Wochenschr 57, 243–247 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01477493

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